Beck v. State

Irvine, C.

The plaintiff in error was convicted of grand larceny and sentenced to imprisonment for four years. He brings the judgment liere for review.

Among the errors assigned is the giving of the fifth instruction, which is as follows: “You are instructed that one of the defenses interposed by the defendant in this case is what is known in law as an alibi; that is, that, the defendant was at another place at the time of the commission of the crime charged in the information, and you are instructed in this connection that such a defense is as proper and legitimate, if proved, as any other,…