Grimes v. State

The appellant was indicted' for stealing a shot-gun, the property of Stephen Estep. Conviction; *194punishment, fine and imprisonment in the state-prison two years; appeal.

The only questions presented to this court for decision arise under a motion for a new trial.

1. As to the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the verdict.

The substance of the evidence is as follows: On the 19th day of June, 1878, the appellant asked the prosecuting witness to borrow the gun, stating that he was going to Brownsville. lie thus obtained the gun and some shells; two or three weeks before this he had talked with…