Morgan v. State
Morgan v. State
Opinion of the Court
There is but a single question to be.determined on this appeal, and that is the sufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction, and we are of the opinion that it is sufficient. It was proved that a house was burglariously entered by some one, and certain property stolen therefrom.
Recently thereafter the defendant was seen in possession of some of the same property which had been so stolen, and which was positively identified as such by the owner. Defendant appropriated said property as his own by pledging it as security for a debt he owed. He made no explanation of his possession
The judgment is affirmed.
Affirmed
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- Charles Morgan v. State
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- Burglary—-Fact Case.—See the opinion and the statement of the ease for evidence iheld sufficient to support a conviction for burglary—tin-chief inculpatory facts being the defendant’s unexplained possession and appropriation of certain articles stolen from the house.