Tallent v. State
Tallent v. State
Opinion of the Court
The plaintiff in error was indicted for larceny from the house of goods of the alleged value of $70. The proof showed that named articles of the value of $71 and other articles were stolen from the house. The jury returned a verdict of guilty and fixed “his minimum sentence at one year and the maximum sentence at three years.” The evidence is sufficient to support the conviction of a felony. Section 176 of the Penal Code of 1910 provides that punishment for larceny from the house, where the article stolen is “under the value of fifty dollars,” shall be “as
Judgment affirmed.
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