State v. Hoke

Williams, Judge:

Theodore IToke and his two sons, Jesse and Carl, were jointly indicted and tried in the circuit court of Greenbrier county for grand larceny. Carl Hoke was acquitted. Theodore and Jesse Hoke were convicted and sentenced to serve terms in the penitentiary, and they bring error. Numerous assignments are made in the petition for writ of error, but most of them seem to have been abandoned as they are not mentioned in brief of counsel.

The indictment contains two counts, the first charging, defendants with stealing, taking and carrying away twenty-five pairs of men’s shoes of the…