Opinion

Brown v. State

  • 85 Miss. 27
Court
Mississippi Supreme Court
Filed
Nov 15, 1904
Status
Published
Author
Truly
On the bench
Truly
Cited by
2 cases
Authority
More cited than 72.9%

The opinion

Truly, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

Appellant was indicted for burglariously breaking and entering a storehouse with intent to commit larceny. The testimony for the state proved a breaking of the outer door, and that the cash drawers had been broken into. The intent to steal was reasonably predicable of these facts, and, even in the absence of *29 positive evidence that anything was actually stolen, was sufficient proof of the corpus delicti to authorize the admission of the defendant’s confession.'

Affirmed.

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