People v. Swain

The defendant was prosecuted by indictment for the larceny of four head of hogs, alleged to be of the value of more than $50, and the property of one E. J. Blossom, and was found guilty by the jury of the crime of petit larceny. He appeals from the judgment and an order denying his motion for a new trial.

Upon his arraignment upon the charge alleged against him in the indictment, the defendant interposed a plea of “not guilty” and also a plea “that he has already been acquitted of the offense charged in said indictment and particularly of the offense of petit larceny included therein, by the…