Smoak v. State

HOBSON, Justice.

The appellant Smoak was informed against for grand larceny, tried before the court without a jury (jury trial having been waived) and found guilty.

The State produced two witnesses, Miss Acerra and Miss Gottshall. The record discloses that the appellant Smoak was visiting Miss Gottshall at her apartment during the early hours of the morning on Sunday, November 21, 1954. Miss Acerra, Miss Gottshall’s apartment mate, returned home from work at approximately 1:00 A. M., and placed a sum of money under a couch in the living room. The appellant Smoak and Miss Gottshall were lying on…