Mitchell v. State

BRICKEN, Presiding Judge.

This case was tried by the court, without the intervention of a jury, the offense charged being a misdemeanor, and no de.mand having been made in writing for trial by jury. The statute, Code 1923, § 8598, provides for this character of procedure, and the provisions of said statute in this respect were fully complied with.

The corpus delicti was proven without, dispute or conflict; the defendant, however, denied having had any knowledge of, or connection with, the commission of the offense complained of, and insisted that he in no manner- participated in the larceny…