First degree burglary: sentence, ten years in the penitentiary.
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The indictment alleged that Palmer in the nighttime broke and entered his ex-mother-in-law's occupied dwelling house with intent to assault his ex-wife with intent to murder her. Code 1940, T. 14, § 85.
He was undisputedly unarmed. He addressed the elder woman, "Miss Annie Mae, if you don't open this door I'm coming...
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