S. v. . Wallace

The defendants, Sam Wallace and Lula Wallace, were indicted for the larceny of $1,650 in money, the property of the Southern Express Company, a corporation, and were tried together. (624)

After hearing the evidence, his Honor charged the jury that there was insufficient evidence to pass upon the guilt of Lula Wallace, and instructed the jury to return a verdict of "not guilty" as to her.

The State introduced evidence that a package containing $1,650, which was being shipped by the Southern Express Company from the Treasury Department at Washington, D.C., to the First National Bank of Shelby,…