Johnson v. State

Special ground 1 complains of the introduction in evidence of the accusations against the principal thief, Maddox, with his pleas of guilty thereon. Grounds 3 and 4 assign error on portions of the charge. These special grounds all raise the question of whether if, as contended, the evidence in the case conclusively shows that the principal thief, Maddox, was not guilty of larceny after trust in connection with the theft of this property but was instead guilty of larceny from the house as defined by Code § 26-2630, there has been no conviction of the principal thief for this offense, and,…