State v. Martin

[204] The appellant was convicted of grand larceny in the circuit court of Greene County under Sec. 4456, 1 for the theft of two [205] lady’s gold rings, a diamond engagement ring worth about $250, and an initialed wedding ring worth about $7.50 to $10.00, of the combined value of $257.50 or more, the property of Staley Williams, proprietor of a clothes cleaning establishment where appellant worked, and his punishment was assessed by the jury at two years imprisonment in the penitentiary.

He stood on his demurrer to the State’s evidence and presented no testimony. The assignments of error in…