Johnson v. State

[1] The state offered evidence showing that the state’s witness Underwood and his wife on returning to their home, from which they had been absent during the day, found that the house had been burglarized and some meat stolen therefrom. In the room where the meat was kept a twine string and a written order or ticket purporting to have been given to defendant, iWalter Johnson, for a pair of shoes, a hat, and a pair of pants were found. Over the objection of the defendant that the written order was the best evidence of its contents, the state was allowed to prove the contents hy parol…