State v. Norphlis

The appellant was prosecuted under a hill of information charging that she had stolen from Mrs. Jettie Timón a dress worth $32 and several pairs of silk hose worth $10. She was convicted of larceny of the dress only, and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary at hard labor for a term not less than 11 or more than 18 months. The record contains five bills of exception.

Bill No. 1 was reserved to the overruling of a motion for a new trial. The motion was founded upon the allegation merely that the verdict was contrary to the law and the ■evidence The bill of exceptions therefore ■does not…