Case Name: STATE v. CLARENCE McALLISTER
Court: Supreme Court of North Carolina
Jurisdiction: North Carolina
Decision Date: 1936-11-25
Citations: 210 N.C. 778
Docket Number: 
Parties: STATE v. CLARENCE McALLISTER.
Judges: 
Reporter: North Carolina Reports
Volume: 210
Pages: 778–779

Head Matter:
STATE v. CLARENCE McALLISTER.
(Filed 25 November, 1936.)
Larceny B d—
Tbe evidence in this prosecution for larceny is held sufficient to take the case to the jury.
Appeal by the defendant from Small, J., at September Term, 1936, of Wake.
No error.
Attorney-General Seawell and Assistant Attorney-General McMullan for the State.
A. Burton Breece for defendant, appellant.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The defendant was convicted upon a bill of indictment charging him with the larceny of a shotgun of the value of $50.00, the property of E. 0. Marshburn. All of the exceptive assignments of error present the same question, namely, was there sufficient evidence upon which to submit the case to the jury?
The evidence was to the effect that E. 0. Marshburn had a shotgun, for which he paid $68.00, in a room in the basement of his house known as the den; that on or about 5 June, 1936, the gun was taken from the den and never recovered; that the defendant, who slept on the premises of Marshburn, had a key to the den; that on said date the defendant took the gun out of the den and offered to sell it for $6.00 to a plumber who was working at the Marshburn house, stating that Mr. Marshburn had given him the gun; that when the defendant exhibited the gun to the plumber he brought it out of the den wrapped in a spread; and that Mr. Marshburn never gave the defendant the gun.
This evidence raises more than a suspicion of the guilt of the defendant, and was, therefore, sufficient to be submitted to the jury.
No error.