Puckett v. State

Appellant was indicted, tried and convicted in the circuit court of Pulaski county, first division, for the crime of grand larceny, and as a punishment therefor was adjudged to serve a term of two years in the state penitentiary from which judgment he has duly prosecuted an appeal to this court.

The indictment contained two charges, the first count therein charging him with 'burglary, and the second count therein charging him with grand larceny.

Testimony was introduced by the state tending to show that he was guilty of both burglary and grand larceny. The court defined the offense of burglary…