Smith v. State

The appellant, Edward. Smith, was jointly indicted in the court below, with one John W. Sterne.

The indictment was in two countsThe first for burglary, and the second for grand larceny.

The first count charged, that the defendants, Smith and Sterne, on the 8th day of April, 1877, in the night-time, feloniously and burglariously entered the storehouse of one Theophilus Wright, with intent to steal, take and carry away the goods and chattels of him, the said Wright.

The second count charged the stealing, at the same time and place, of certain articles of the personal property of the said Wright,…