Burford v. Commonwealth

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called the accused, was convicted of breaking and entering a railroad car and stealing therefrom household goods of the value of several hundred dollars, and was sentenced to the penitentiary for two years. On the day after the breaking the accused was arrested and confined in jail on the charge of shooting one Dotson. After his arrest a search warrant was issued and under it the house of the accused was searched for the stolen goods, and a large quantity of them was found in the loft over the kitchen, and several of the articles which were identified as…