Belmas v. State

The plaintiff in error was convicted of simple larceny, and his motion for a new trial, based upon the general grounds, was overruled. The indictment (omitting formal parts) alleged that “said Gabriel Belmas did, on the 25th day of November, A. D. 1911, in the county aforesaid, unlawfully and with force and arms, and wrongfully and fraudulently, take and carry away, with intent to steal the same, fifteen bushels Indian corn in the shuck, of the value of $12.00, and being then and there the personal goods and chattels of one R. P. Hicks.” The evidence, briefly stated, is as follows: The…