Anglin v. State

Griffin Smith, Chief Justice.

By information Albert Anglin was charged with stealing a .25 calibre pistol, “revolver type,” valued at $15, the property of Albert Horner. The appeal is from judgment on a jury’s verdict finding the defendant guilty of petit larceny and fixing his punishment at sixty days in jail and a fine of $300.

At trial it was shown, over appellant’s objections, that the pistol once owned by Horner was an automatic. The main contention for a reversal is that ownership of the weapon by Horner at the time it was thought to have been stolen was not established by competent…