Harris v. State

1. The testimony of the prosecutrix and other witnesses sufficiently identified the hogs alleged to have been stolen, and showed that the accused was in possession of the hogs and sold them. The accused denied the accusation and contended that the hogs sold by him belonged to his wife. He was convicted, his motion for new trial was overruled, and he excepts.

Admitting the evidence for the State to be probably true, the only evidence connecting the accused with the larceny was the circumstance that he sold certain hogs which the prosecutrix claimed were stolen. The presiding judge faded to…