Brown v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Brown v. State

85 Miss. 27

CourtMississippi Supreme Court

DecidedNovember 15, 1904

StatusPublished

Cited by2 cases

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Bluebook

Brown v. State, 85 Miss. 27 (Mich. 1904).

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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]*29positive 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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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]*29positive 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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85 Miss. 27, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/brown-v-state-miss-1904.

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