Godwin v. State

Tbe defendant was jointly indicted with Albert Cliatt for the offense of hog-stealing. Cliatt entered a plea of guilty, and testified for the State. The jury found the defendant guilty, and he excepted to the overruling of his motion for new trial.

There is no merit in the assignment of error that there was not' sufficient evidence to establish the venue of the offense. The prosecutor testified: “I lost the hog in Mitchell County.” This was sufficient evidence to authorize the jury to find that the hogs were stolen in Mitchell County, the county of the trial. The fact that the prosecutor…