State v. Roddey

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr Justice Marion.

The defendant was convicted of grand larceny. From sentence he appeals upon two exceptions, which' assign error in the refusal of the trial Court (1) to grant his motion for a directed verdict, and (2) to' grant his motion for a new trial. Both of said. motions were based upon the same ground, viz., that the evidence was as a matter of law insufficient to warrant a conviction, and the appeal raises the one question of whether reversible error of law may be imputed to the trial Judge in overruling defendant’s contention in that regard.

A…