State v. Nelson

The defendant was charged by information with grand larceny in the first degree. He was convicted of pettit larceny. He appeals from the order denying his motion for a new trial.

The evidence by which it was sought to connect the defendant with the crime charged was circumstantial. No one claims that it was at all conclusive. It tod some weak points. We are not now quarreling with the verdict. The only question which we discuss is the exclusion, upon the objection of the county attorney, of character evidence offered by the defendant.

Our constant holding, in harmony with that of other courts,…