Elliott v. State

From a conviction of the grand larceny of a steer, this appeal is prosecuted. The evidence was largely circumstantial, except for the fact that the state was permitted to offer evidence as to an agreement had at a former term of the court, whereby the appellant was to enter a plea of guilty upon the understanding that he would receive a sentence of only one year in the state penitentiary, and that' the case was to be continued for that term in order that the sentence might not be imposed and take effect until the following term of the court. The minutes of the court at the former term…