Freeman v. State

PRICE, Judge.

This appeal is prosecuted from a conviction of grand larceny in the Circuit Court of Calhoun County.

The Service Drug Company at Oxford, Alabama, was broken into in the early hours of March 7, 1960. Approximately $1200 in money, a Belgian pistol worth $45.00 and narcotics valued at $39.00, were taken therefrom.

Sammy Douglas and Birsey Dee Brooks testified at the trial and both admitted their participation in the commission of the crime. Douglas testified as a witness for the state. Brooks testified for the defendant.

Sammy Douglas stated that shortly before midnight March 6, 1960,…