Crusoe v. State

Robinson Crusoe was indicted, tried, and convicted for the larceny of a quantity of seed cotton, and from a judgment of conviction has prosecuted an appeal to this court. It is unnecessary to recite the facts in this case, inasmuch as it is the opinion of the court that, nothwithstanding some conflict in the testimony, the verdict was justified by the evidence.

During the progress of the trial it became relevant to determine the probable annual yield of cotton on defendant’s cotton land. On this point a witness for the state, Mr. Hillman, testified in substance that he had been a farmer for 40…