Horton v. State

PIOBSON, Justice.

This is an appeal by defendants from judgment of the Broward County Criminal Court of Record on a verdict of guilty of grand larceny.

Appellants were charged with the theft of a mink stole of a value in excess of $50 from a ladies’ specialty shop located in Hollywood, Florida.

The evidence against appellants is wholly circumstantial in character. The stole had been on a hanger approximately 10 or 12 feet from the front door of the shop. Only three witnesses for the State testified as to the circumstances immediately surrounding the alleged theft. The witness Rolnick, owner of…