HAMMOND v. STATE

No. 4991.

340 S.W.2d 280 (1960)

Bynum B. HAMMOND, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied December 5, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shelby C. Ferguson, Ash Flat, William C. Jenkins, Mammoth Spring, for appellant.

Bruce Bennett, Atty. Gen., by Russell J. Wools, Asst. Atty. Gen, for appellee.


WARD, Justice.

Appellant was charged with stealing a chain saw valued at more than $35. He was convicted on circumstantial evidence and sentenced to one year in the penitentiary. On appeal appellant insisted that the circumstantial evidence was insufficient to sustain the verdict and judgment.

Mack Henry, the owner of the chain saw, testified in substance to the following: I live three miles south of Salem, and I am the owner of a chain saw which was taken...

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