Detro v. State

This was an indictment for larceny against Detro and one David Brown. Plea, not guilty. There was a trial, and verdict of guilty. Motion for a new trial overruled, and judgment on the verdict.

Detro alone appeals.

The only error assigned is, that the Court below improperly refused to continue the case upon sufficient cause shown by an affidavit.

The material allegations of the affidavit are, that the defendant could prove by one David Jones, a resident of Miami county, Ohio, “that at the time said property in said indictment is alleged to have been stolen, this defendant was in the town of…