Harper v. State

The defendant was indicted and convicted for the grand larceny of five calves belonging to Harold C. Bryan. Sentence was ten years' imprisonment. On appeal the defendant contends that the evidence is insufficient to support the jury's verdict because: (1) The only evidence of the identity and ownership of the stolen calves was based on hearsay testimony and (2) the circumstantial evidence did not exclude to a moral certainty every reasonable hypothesis but that of guilt.

We find that the evidence of the defendant's guilt is substantial and certainly sufficient to support the verdict.

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