Rucker v. State

1. The defendant was convicted of the offense of larceny after trust. The indictment alleged that he was entrusted by one Chapman with a pair of single harness, of the value of $15, for the purpose of repairing the same, and that he unlawfully and fraudulently converted the harness to his own use, to the injury of said Chapman, and without paying him, on demand, the full value or market price of the harness. Several of the assignments of error are without merit; but two of the grounds of the *633motion for a new trial require a reversal of the judgment refusing a new trial. The court charged the…