Tarling v. People

Plaintiff in error and one Bogg were charged by information with the larceny of four automobile tires. Plaintiff in error having been granted a separate trial, was tried and found guilty.

The errors upon which he relies to reverse the judgment are: First, in the admission of incompetent evidence; and second, in the giving of an improper instruction.

The only direct evidence as to the guilt of the defendant was furnished by said Bogg, who testified directly that Tarling and he took the tires from a stolen automobile. A witness for the defendant gave testimony to the effect that Bogg had in fact…