Vincent v. State

Deaeerick, J.,

delivered'the opinion of the Court.

The plaintiff in error was convicted of larceny at the October Term, 1870, of the Circuit Court of "White county, and a new trial having been refused, he appealed in error to this court.

The charge was, for stealing from Isaac Hudgins, the prosecutor, who is a colored man, one ten dollar, one five dollar, one two dollar, bank notes, commonly called green backs, two silver dimes, and one promissory note on Charles Lowrey for forty-four dollars, alleging their value.

Upon the trial Sally Matlock, a colored girl between 13 and 14 years of age, was…