Watson v. State

Watson was convicted of the offense of larceny from the house, and his motion for new trial, based on the general grounds alone, was overruled. We think the conviction was unauthorized by the evidence. The testimony of the State, in brief, shows that the defendant took two bottles of coca-cola from the storehouse of the prosecutor. The clerk of the prosecutor testified, that on the evening of the alleged larceny, the defendant came into the store and asked him to leave the coca-cola out of the ice-box when he locked up at night, so he could get it after church, as he had done before without…