State v. Burns

Defendant, convicted in the circuit court of Lawrence county of larceny perpetrated in connection with a burglarious breaking and entry of a building, and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of two years, after futile motions for a new trial and in arrest, appeals.

The information charged both burglary and larceny in a single count, and since this information is urged as insufficient, we append it below, omitting formal parts, caption and signature, which were conventional. It reads as follows:

“John R. Miller, prosecuting attorney within and for Lawrence county, Missouri, acting herein…