Craft v. State

Lizzie Mae Craft, alias Lizzie Mae Carson, was jointly indicted with her daughter, Josie Mae Rhymes, for grand larceny. Josie Mae entered a plea of guilty to trespass, less than larceny. Lizzie Mae was found guilty by the jury, and was sentenced to serve a term of four years in the state penitentiary. From the judgment entered, she appeals.

The evidence by the owner of the store and her clerk was sufficient to warrant the jury in finding the appellant guilty of the felonious taking of the suit of clothes. The officers pursued both women for several city blocks before apprehending them, at…