Commonwealth v. Johns

Wingerd, P. J.,

Defendant was indicted for burglary and larceny, was tried and convicted of larceny.

A motion for a new trial was filed and is pressed upon four grounds.

Evidence was presented in this case that defendant was employed by one Slaughenhaup to do odd jobs, etc.; that he was around Slaughenhaup’s office frequently; that on Saturday morning, October 26, *5681946, he was in the office of Slaughenhaup; that Mr. Slaughenhaup came in and gave him a check for $9, which was the amount due him for the work done during the preceding week; that the clerk in the office was there until noon;…