Galvin v. State

— The appellant was convicted of the offence of petit larceny, and hence the mistake made by the trial court in stating, in its instructions, the penalty prescribed for grand larceny, could not have harmed him.

Neither in civil actions nor in criminal cases are judgments-reversed unless the error was of such a character as to do the accused material injury.

The seventh instruction is assailed upon the ground that it does not tell the jury that in order that recent possession of stolen goods should be deemed evidence of guilt, it should appear that the possession was exclusive. It is probably…