Bredenderf v. State

Appellant, upon an affidavit filed in the court below, was- tried and convicted of the crime of grand larceny, as defined by §2269 Burns 1914, Acts 1905 p. 584. Appellant’s motion for a new trial was overruled, and judgment followed pronouncing sentence in the penalty as provided by statute. The only error assigned is the overruling of his motion for a new trial.

Appellant relies entirely upon alleged errors of the court in giving instructions Nos. 8 and 15 upon its own motion. Instruction No. 8 was upon the subject of reasonable doubt, and is as follows:

“By a reasonable doubt is not meant a…