Conley v. State

Appellant was convicted under an indictment charging him with the crime of grand larceny, which was alleged to have been committed by stealing a suitcase and its contents, the property of Mrs. Maggie McKinzie.

For the reversal of the judgment sentencing appellant to a term of one year in the penitentiary, it is first insisted that the verdict was arrived at by a consideration of extraneous matters having no relation to the question of appellant’s guilt; but this assignment of error may be disposed of by saying that there is nothing in the record to support it or to require its consideration.

It…