Hancock v. State

Appellant was charged by affidavit with theft of a pump valued at $500. Trial by court resulted in a finding of guilty as charged. Subsequently the court entered judgment sentencing the appellant to the Indiana State Reformatory for not less than one nor more than ten years with a fine of $500 and costs.

The facts disclosed by the record are as follows:

State’s Witness Ed Hinkle testified that he was employed as a superintendent for S & C Excavators. That on April 13, 1968, he was in charge of the company’s equipment. In the afternoon of that date before leaving the construction site he placed…