Richardson & Shoop v. State

Ed. F. MoFaddin, Justice.

The appellants, Richardson and Shoop, were jointly charged, tried and convicted of grand larceny. Richardson’s motion for new trial contains eight assignments, and Shoop’s contains fourteen assignments. We group and discuss all of these in convenient topic headings:

I. Sufficiency of the Evidence.' The appellants were charged with feloniously stealing and carrying away from the field of Willis Arnold, 179 dozen ears of corn, of the total value of $44.75. It was shown that at 3:15 A.M. the Van Burén city officers found the two ap-. pellants and a third person in a…