Caruso v. State

Caruso’s appeal in error is from a conviction of grand larceny with punishment fixed at three years in the penitentiary. Although out on bond, he has filed no assignments of error. Pursuant to the requirement of Section 40-3409, T.C.A., the Court has read the record for the purpose of determining if it reflects any reversible errors. It first considers that ground of Caruso’s motion for a new trial which insists that the evidence preponderates against the verdict.

Around 2:00 A.M. on the morning of August 24, 1958, an officer of Greeneville, Lyle Doty, was informed that a robbery, or some such…