Wilkinson v. State

Appellant, Fred Wilkinson, was indicted and convicted at the January 1952 term of the Circuit Court of Franklin County of grand larceny, consisting of the theft of three head of cattle. He argues here that the conviction was against the great weight of the evidence, was based upon the uncorroborated testimony of an accomplice, and that he was indicted and convicted under the wrong statute.

The State’s case, which the jury manifestly accepted, is in summary as follows: The three head of cattle which were stolen belonged to Douglas Leonard, who at that time was away at college. The cattle had…