EAST v. STATE


277 S.W.2d 361 (1955)

Herlon EAST v. STATE of Tennessee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

March 11, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. C. McMurtry, Gallatin, for plaintiff.

Knox Bigham, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


SWEPSTON, Justice.

The defendant appeals from a conviction of petit larceny with the punishment fixed at a six-months jail sentence and he has appealed.

On the night of November 3, 1953, the Hartsville Ice Plant was broken into and a number of articles were stolen. A cigarette jar was found in the ball-park and the finger prints on this jar corresponded with the finger prints of the defendant. The jar was identified...

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