Turner v. State

McEaRLánd, J.,

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This was a conviction of the crime of grand larceny. There was no direct or positive testimony of the defendant’s guilt. He was convicted upon circumstantial evidence. We deem it unnecessary to enter into an examination of it. It is sufficient to say that the case was a debatable one, and the evidence required close scrutiny by the jury, and they should have been properly instructed in reference to such evidence.

The Judge’s charge on this point is as follows: “ If the evidence is circumstantial, and is so strong and so well linked together as…