Ripley v. State

The plaintiff in error was jointly indicted with Lloyd TI. Lemser and Guy Golden upon the charge of grand larceny and receiving stolen property. Lemser was acquitted and both Golden and the plaintiff in error were convicted, their punishment being 'fixed at five years in the penitentiary. Ripley alone has appealed and assigned errors.

The Mid-South Plumbing Company had a lot adjacent to its place of business upon which it had stored plumbing fixtures of different kinds. On the night before the alleged larceny a neighbor heard noises in the vacant lot and observed three people who appeared to…