Glover v. State

This is a writ of error to Hillsborough Circuit Court, brought by James Glover, who at the October term in the year 1885 was convicted of the larceny of a certain gold watch.

The errors alleged, and the grounds thereof as set out in the assignment, are as follows:

“1st. We insist that the finding of the jury was contrary to law—the court having charged the jury that they must believe the defendant to be guilty to the exclusion of every other reasonable hypothesis.

“2d. The verdict was contrary to the evidence.

“3d. The verdict of the jury was contraiy to the weight of evidence.

“4th. The verdict…