Garrett v. State

Henry Garrett, appellant, was convicted in the Circuit Court of Simpson County of grand larceny, for stealing two seven-radiant butane gas heaters, belonging to five named trustees of the Jupiter Baptist Church, and was *330sentenced to serve a term of five years in the State penitentiary.

Appellant’s first assignment of error is that lie was entitled to a peremptory instruction, or that Ms motion for a new trial should have heen sustained on the ground that the verdict is against the great weight of the evidence. We cannot say that there was insufficient evidence to support the verdict. The…