Leverton v. State

Appellant has appealed from a judgment of conviction of grand larceny. We find in the record a paper designated, “Memorandum Submitted by Appellant,” in which appellant’s attorney states the conviction was had upon the uncorroborated testimony of a witness who admitted to being an accomplice to the crime. There is no appearance for the respondent.

We have carefully read the evidence and find the suggestion made by appellant’s attorney to be true. The evidence is to the effect that on the night of April 21, 1921, someone entered a tent-house belonging to Theodore Laveson and stole therefrom a…