Cordell v. State

On Rehearing Granted

CHAPMAN, C. J.:

The appellant, John Cordell, was informed against, placed upon trial, and convicted by a jury in Santa Rosa County, Florida, for the larceny of one spotted Poland-China boar hog, ■ the property of B. O. Jernigan. He was by the trial court sentenced to serve a term of three years in the Florida State Prison. The record discloses that within the time fixed by statute a motion for a new trial was made on the sole ground .that the verdict of the jury was against the evidence. The trial court denied the motion and the def ehdant appealed.

The only question for…