Presley v. State

BRICKBN, Presiding Judge.

From a judgment of conviction for grand larceny this appeal was taken. Appellant was convicted for the offense of “feloniously taking and carrying away one drive wheel for a thrasher, of the value of fifty dollars, the personal property of T. G. Merrill.”

Merrill, the alleged injured party, was the first witness examined by the state, and among other things testified he saw the defendant (appellant) in jail in Birmingham at a certain designated time on the day after the property was alleged to have been stolen, and, over the objection and exception of defendant, this…