Buckine v. State

The accused was convicted upon an accusation charging him with simple larceny. He excepts to the overruling of his motion for a new trial, which was upon the general grounds *338that the verdict was contrary to law and the evidence, and upon the further ground that the court erred in the admission of certain evidence which will be mentioned hereafter. The evidence for the State was to the effect that the accused came to the home of the prosecutor at an early hour in the morning and solicited a loan of money, offering a watch as security for the loan; that after some discussion the prosecutor…