Brown v. State

A jury found appellant guilty of grand larceny. The court fixed his punishment and sentenced him accordingly.

There was no witness who testified as to the alleged larceny other than the victim himself, P.B. Barnes, but apparently there was no contention on the trial that "50-100 dollar bills" were not stolen from him, as alleged in the indictment and as testified to by him on the trial. The only controverted issue on the trial was as to the identity of the person who stole the money from Mr. Barnes.

The undisputed evidence shows that the victim was at first beguiled into engaging in a…