Currier v. State

The appellant was convicted upon an indictment for grand larceny. He contends that there was no evidence of his guilt, and that his request for a peremptory instruction to the jury directing his acquittal should have been sustained. The facts proved were these: The prosecuting witnesses, Charles H. Maloney and Edward Collins, co-partners, were plumbers engaged in business in the city of Elkhart, Elkhart county, Indiana. The appellant was the owner of a greenhouse in the same county. About November 1, 1900, he spoke to Maloney & Collins in regard to a change in the heating appliances in his…