State v. Lawson

I. No question is raised as to the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict, and it is unnecessary to set forth the evidence and facts claimed to have been proved. The assignments of error relied upon for reversal are lodged at certain instructions given by the court, consideration of which assignments follows.

II. The indictment charges the crime of larceny from a building in the nighttime. In Paragraph 4 of the instructions, the court defined larceny. The definition in this instruction does not deal with the phrase "in a building in the nighttime,'' contained in the indictment, and…