Patterson v. State

This is an appeal from a conviction of grand larceny. The indictment charges the theft of a “lot of mill brass and copper,” being parts of specified machinery belong-to the J. J. Newman Lumber Company.

According to the evidence for the state, the J. J. Newman Lumber Company owned a planing mill situated in Lamar county, which it had ceased to use, but had placed it in the custody of a caretaker. This caretaker, at different times during the months of July and August, discovered that certain parts of the machinery had been removed therefrom without his consent or that of the J. J. Newman Lumber…