Stratton v. State

SEBRING, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction and sentence for breaking and entering a dwelling house with intent to commit petit larceny.

The appellant, Stratton, a 34-year old, well educated man, had been for 'several months employed in a Pensacola music store owned and operated by a husband and wife. In the early morning of April 10, 1952, while the husband was absent from the city, their home wa/s broken into and entered, but the prowler became frightened and made his escape when the wife, who was sleeping in the house, 'awakened and screamed.

Several days after this…