Carr v. State

The evidence, being wholly circumstantial, is insufficient, as a matter of law, to sustain the verdict.

DECIDED JANUARY 17, 1945.

Mrs. J. E. Carr and her husband were indicted for larceny. A verdict of guilty was returned against Mrs. Carr, and one of not guilty against her husband. Mrs. Carr filed a motion for a new trial on the general grounds. The motion was overruled, and she brings the case here, assigning error on that judgment.

We deem it unnecessary to set out the evidence in detail, but briefly and substantially it shows that Mrs. Watkins and her husband visited a grocery store for the…