State v. Buckley

The defendant Buckley was found guilty by the verdict of a jury of the crime of burglary. After the return of the verdict, he moved for a new trial on the statutory ground of errors of law occurring at the trial and excepted to by the defendant. This motion the trial court granted, on the sole ground that error had been committed at the trial because of the admission in evidence of certain exhibits offered on the part of the state. The state appeals.

The facts pertinent to the assignments of error made are in substance these: On September 8, 1926, a Mr. and Mrs. DeYoe and a Miss DeYoe were the…