State v. Akers

Defendant was found guilty of the crime of grand larceny, alleged to have been committed on January 23, 1936, in Roosevelt county. He has appealed from the judgment of conviction, from an order denying his motion for new trial, and from an order denying his motion to set aside the judgment for want of jurisdiction.

The information charged six defendants with the larceny, but at the commencement of the trial the action was dismissed as to all defendants save Akers, appellant here, and William Steele. Steele was granted a separate trial. He was the principal witness for the state in the trial of…