Harris v. State

The plaintiff in error, Charlie Harris, was tried and convicted upon an information charging him with the larceny of one pair of cotton scrapers, the property of I-Tarrel Barcom, of the value of $2. On the 18th day of July, 1913, in accordance with the verdict of the jury, the court sentenced him to pay a fine of $10 and the costs. To reverse the judgment an appeal was perfected.

The evidence for the state was substantially as follows:

J. J. Webb, deputy sheriff, testified that, on the day after the property is alleged to have been stolen, he found the de fendant in the possession of two cotton…