Cunningham v. State

BOOKOUT, Judge.

The appellant was convicted by a Jury under Count I of an indictment of grand larceny, charging in pertinent part that, “. . . Rufus Cunningham, whose name is to the Grand Jury, otherwise, unknown, feloniously took and carried away eight (8) Buck Pocket Knives of the value of $100.00, the personal property of Wild Bros-Hardware, a corporation. . . .” He was sentenced to two years imprisonment.

Testimony in the case was to the effect that Willie Lee Autrey, a porter employed at Wild Brothers Hardware company in Evergreen, stole the knives in question from his employer at the…