State v. Taylor

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fromme, J.:

This is a direct appeal by Charles Taylor from a jury conviction' of grand larceny by embezzlement in violation of K. S. A. 21-548 and from a sentence under K. S. A. 21-534 (3) to the custody of the Kansas State Director of Penal Institutions for an indeterminate term of imprisonment not to exceed five years.

The case arose from the disappearance of a color television set and two towels from the White House Inn in' Abilene in October, 1969. The evidence adduced at trial was sketchy and circumstantial. The state presented only two witnesses,…