STATE v. PETERSON

No. 7757.

121 Utah 229 (1952)

240 P.2d 504

STATE v. PETERSON.

Supreme Court of Utah.

Decided February 7, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

EksAyn Anderson, Salt Lake City, P.N. Anderson, Nephi, for appellant.

Frank E. Moss, County Atty., Salt Lake County, Salt Lake City, Brigham E. Roberts, Dist. Atty., Salt Lake City, Clinton D. Vernon, Atty. Gen., of Utah, J. Lambert Gibson, Deputy Atty. Gen., of Utah, Francis C. Lund, Asst. Atty. Gen., of Utah, for respondent.


WOLFE, Chief Justice.

The appellant, defendant below, was charged and tried for the commission of the crimes of burglary in the second degree and grand larceny. From a conviction of the latter crime, he prosecutes this appeal.

At the trial the State produced evidence to the following effect: The complaining witness, one Clarence Means, owner of a tavern on Main Street near Fifth South in Salt Lake City, closed his establishment for the night at about 1:00...

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