Dozier v. State

The accused was convicted of the larceny of a piece of meat from a storehouse of the Byrom Corporation. The main witness for the State testified, on direct examination, that the accused came to. the store to purchase some meat, took a side of meat from the box, cut off a piece weighing about 9 pounds, paid for it, and put the remainder, weighing about 12 or 14 pounds, back into the meat box. Afterward the accused made several other purchases, put them all in a sack, and took them home. Shortly after he left, the meat was missed, and the witness went to the home .of the accused in search of…