Floyd v. State

J. L. Floyd, A. II. Floyd, and G. E. Floyd were jointly indicted for the offense of burglary. They were tried together, and the jury returned a verdict finding them guilty of larceny from the house. Their motion for new trial was overruled, and a writ of error is prosecuted in this court to review that ruling. Since this writ of error was sued out, J. L. Floyd died. The evidence at the trial developed that T. K. Chance and his brother, Guy Chance, operated a general merchandising store at Alexander, Georgia, near which was situated a small seed-house owned by them and in which they had stored…