Court Opinion

ID: 5565404
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-11 00:59:12.089576+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:35:35.774633
License: Public Domain

Judgment affirmed.

Jackson was charged with committing a burglary on the place of business of the Commercial Oil Company, and stealing therefrom money, etc. He was found guilty of larceny from the house. He moved, on the general grounds, for a new trial; and the motion was denied. The theft of the property was proved, and a witness testified that it was the property of the Commercial Oil Company, which is a branch of the Peerless Refining Company of Cleveland, Ohio, a corporation ; while the Commercial Oil Company is not incorporated, has no' president but has a general manager. In another part of his testimony the witness states that it w'as the property of “the firm,” and was in charge of the manager. The defendant was a watchman for the Commercial Oil Company’s premises, and had keys which gave him access' to the building. There was testimony tending to show a confession by him of the larceny, corroborated by the finding of some of the property at or near the spot where he said it was to be found.