Who Stole the Money?

by An Old Contributor

I have learned, in the course of my legal experience, that circumstantial evidence alone, is a dangerous theory upon which to base conviction in criminal causes. I have known several cases in which the innocent have been grossly wronged through this means; a very plausible instance, I remember, being in substance as follows:

A pale, scared boy, some fourteen years old, was brought in to Municipal Court, in a neighboring city, one morning, evidently in great tribulation, who was arraigned upon a charge of theft in his employer’s store.

“What’s your name?” asked the Judge quietly.

“Johnny Biggs,” said the boy humbly.… Read More