State v. Johnson
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Aldrich, J., Greenville, July, 1895. The appellant, George Johnson, was indicted for burglary for entering the fowl house of A. H. Bridwell, situate across the public highway from the dwelling, and stealing therefrom chickens. The jury returned a verdict of guilty.
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Before Aldrich, J., Greenville, July, 1895. The appellant, George Johnson, was indicted for burglary for entering the fowl house of A. H. Bridwell, situate across the public highway from the dwelling, and stealing therefrom chickens. The jury returned a verdict of guilty. The defendant appeals upon the following grounds: I. Because the presiding Judge erred in holding and charging the jury: “If you find the defendant guilty of the burglary, and not guilty of the larceny, or guilty of the larceny and not guilty of the burglary, you will specify the same in your verdict as guilty on the first…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the-Court was delivered by
Mr. Chief Justice McIver.
The defendant was tried and convicted,' in the Court of General Sessions for Green-ville County, under an indictment containing two counts. In the first count .the charge was, that defendant, in the night of the day named: “the fowl house of A. H. Bridwell, the same being appurtenant to the dwelling house of *487A. H. Bridwell, and within 200 yards thereof there situate, feloniously and burglariousl}r did break and enter, with intent the goods and chattels of A. H. Bridwell, in the said fowl house then and there being, there and…
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