Edmonds v. State

The indictment in this case charges the defendant with the larceny of a hog,/which, under the statute, is made a felony, without reference to the value of the animal stolen. — Code, 1876, § 4358. The only evidence in the case, showing any caption, or asportation of the animal, was the testimony of an accomplice, one Wad worth, who máde the following statement: A“That shortly after dark, on the 18th of February last, witness met defendant near the horse-lot, on the plantation of one Ilges; that the two went together to witness’ house, where the latter procured an axe, and they then returned to…