Appel v. State

William Appel, hereinafter called defendant, was informed against for grand larceny in-the superior court of Maricopa county. He pleaded not guilty and, after a trial before a jury, was convicted and sentenced. A motion for new trial was duly made and denied, and he has appealed to this court. There are some 17 assignments of error, which may properly be divided into several groups, which we will discuss as seems advisable.

The first group presents the point that there is a variance between the information and the proof in that the information charged a larceny of “United States currency,”…