Lane v. State

Wood J.

At the December term, 1924, of the Greene Circuit Court, John Lane was indicted, tried and convicted of the crime of grand larceny, it being charged that he stole United States Government bonds, the property of James Alexander, of the value of $20,200. He appeals.

It was shown on a motion for rehearing that J. B. Kirchoff, one of the trial jurors, stated before the trial that he was present at the preliminary trial of John Lane for the same offense; that he heard the evidence adduced at that trial. He stated that he heard James Alexander, the prosecuting witness, testify, and he…