Mason v. State

Harrison, J.:

Brier Mason the appellant, and Mid Jones and Riley Beavers, were indicted for larceny in breaking and entering the house of Nathan Dixon, and also for grand larceny in stealing therefrom a keg of beer, the property of said Dixon.

The appellant was separately tried, and acquitted of the charge of burglary, but convicted on the second count, of petit larceny.

He filed a motion for a new trial upon the ground that the evidence did not sustain the verdict, which was refused.

Nathan Dixon, a colored man, the only witness for the State, testified, that on the second Saturday in April,…