Hamilton v. State

The plaintiff in error, for convenience referred to as the defendant, was convicted in the district court of Oklahoma county by a jury, of grand larceny, and sentenced to serve 2% years in the state penitentiary. Motion and amended motion for new trial was filed, considered, and overruled, and defendant has appealed to this court.

The state called a number of witnesses who' testified that the casings defendant was alleged to have stolen belonged to the Johnson Furniture Company; they were identified by several witnesses as being the casings taken from the truck of the furniture company. The…