Rupert v. State

PRICE, Presiding Judge.

These appellants were charged by indictment with the crime of larceny, specifically, with the theft of a “Shaw-Walker Safe of the value of two hundred forty-two and no/100 dollars, the personal property of The Housing Authority of the City of Fayette, Alabama, a Corporation.”

We are of opinion the State’s evidence conclusively established the guilt of the defendants. The defendants presented no testimony.

Counsel argues in brief that the State failed to establish the ownership of the property alleged to have been stolen and to prove its value.

On the question of ownership…