Hanson v. State

1. The defendant was convicted of larceny after trust on an indictment which charged substantially that the prosecutor, J. A. Jones, entrusted the defendant with $220 to purchase for the prosecutor two tractor tires. The defendant filed his motion for a new trial on the general grounds and duly added thereto one special ground. The *215court denied the motion on which judgment the defendant assigns error.

The prosecutor was the only witness for the State. In addition to his oral testimony, a check given by Jones to the defendant for $220 was introduced in evidence. There is no contention but that…