Barksdale v. State

The appellant was tried by jury and found guilty of the crime of petit larceny, his punishment fixed at imprisonment in the county jail for a period of sixty days and a fine of $1. A motion for a new trial was made and overruled and judgment was entered against the appellant on the verdict, from which judgment this appeal is taken.

The appellant claims that the court erred in overruling his motion for a new trial, under which assignment of error he insists that the court erred in giving certain instructions of its own motion, and that the court erred in its ruling upon the admission of certain…