Robertson v. State

This was a criminal prosecution by the state against the appellant. There were two counts in the indictment. One count was for embezzlement and the other was for grand larceny. The court instructed the jury to find the appellant not guilty on the count ehárging grand larceny and he was convicted on the count charging embezzlement.

The error relied upon for reversal is as follows: The court erred in overruling appellant’s motion for a new trial.

Several reasons are assigned in the motion for a new trial, but we will only consider the first two in disposing of the case. The first reason is that…