People v. Kelly

— Appellant was convicted of grand larceny, and appeals from the judgment and from an order of the court denying a motion for a new trial.

The position that the evidence did not justify the verdict is untenable. The evidence was circumstantial, but it tended strongly to show appellant’s guilt, and there is no ground for holding that as matter of law it was insufficient to support the verdict.

After the court had correctly charged the jury on the subject of reasonable doubt, and had instructed correctly as to the general principles of law applicable to the case, and very favorably to appellant,…