Roberts v. Burks

Opinion of the Court, by

Judge Mills.

THIS is an action of trover and conversion against our defendants. In the court below, on the issue of not guilty, the jury found a verdict against all of the defendants. Two of them appear to be owners of a warehouse, and the other two did business for them as warehouse-keepers or agents. The action is brought for the trover and conversion of whiskey stored by the plaintiffs in the warehouse. The only testimony adduced to charge the owners of the warehouse, was the acknowledgments of the other defendants that the quantity of whiskey was in the warehouse,…