State v. Belt

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Marion.

The defendants .were convicted of larceny upon an indictment charging under two counts : (1) Housebreaking; and (2) larceny.

The evidence from the State tended to establish that a storehouse was broken into and that goods of the value of about $275 were stolen therefrom; that a portion of the stolen property was found in a suit case in Belt’s home; that a portion thereof was found secreted in cotton seed stored in a house near or on the premises of Norris; and that Norris was wearing a pair of the stolen shoes.

The evidence for the…