Hoke v. State

The appellant, John A. Hoke, alias “Mutt” Hoke, was tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Humphreys County for the crime of grand larceny and sentenced to five years in the State penitentiary, from which judgment he appeals.

The appellant was jointly indicted with Taylor Hoke for the crime of burglary and larceny for the breaking and entering into the warehouse of Turner-Alien Chemical Company, a partnership composed of W. H. Allen and others, and stealing therefrom 530 gallons of insecticide of the value of $1645.00. At the conclusion of the State’s evidence, a peremptory instruction…