Baldwin v. State

The house of Arthur Walton, in the country, was feloniously entered through a fastened window while he and his wife were away in the fields and the house was unoccupied, and a hat, a shirt, a pair of women’s shoes, a razor, and six sacks of smoking tobacco of a brand in general use, were stolen and removed therefrom. No one witnessed the occurrence and it does not appear that there were any tracks or other circumstances about the house to indicate who or how many people committed the crime. Walton’s wife returned from the field and discovered that the house had been entered; she summoned her…