Alston v. State

Gould, Associate Justice.

The appellant and Gideon Holmes were jointly indicted for theft of twenty pounds of bacon from the smoke-house of David Price. On the trial Price testified that the bacon was taken from his smoke-house, and that on making search it was found in the house of Holmes, where defendant, Alston, also lived; that at the time the bacon was taken defendant had been for some four or five days in his employ, cooking and doing other household work during his wife’s illness, eating and sleeping on the place, and having free access to all. the buildings and apartments. After…