Brown v. State

As to the general grounds, the evidence, while conflicting, is amply sufficient to sustain the verdict.

Special ground 1 assigns error because the court failed to charge, without a written request, the law of circumstantial evidence. Counsel for the defendant contends that the evidence is wholly circumstantial,- and therefore it was reversible error to fail to charge such law. With this position of able counsel we can not agree. The evidence, which we have set out in detail, shows that the possession of the property was in no wise circumstantial, particularly as to the red steer. The defendant…