State v. Sloan

The defendant was convicted of the crime of grand larceny, and has appealed from the judgment condemning him to a term *369in the state prison. A reversal of the judgment is sought upon alleged errors in certain of the instructions submitted to the jury. No bill of exceptions or statement of the case embodying any of the evidence accompanies -the record. Hence, under the settled rule that, in order to overcome the presumption in favor of the action of the trial court, the party alleging error must affirmatively show it, our inquiry must be limited to a determination of the question whether the…