State v. Miller

Statement of the Case.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Nicholls, C. J.

Defendant appeals from a sentence for larceny, urging his grounds of complaint in a bill of exceptions taken to the *797refusal of the District Court to grant him a new trial. The grounds which he assigned as those entitling him to a new trial were:

1st. — Because the verdict was contrary to the law and the evidence.

2nd. — Because the evidence did not establish beyond all reasonable doubt the guilt of the defendant as the law required.

3rd. — Because the ownership of the property had not been proven as laid in the…