Francis v. State

Plaintiff in error was convicted of larceny of a Ford sedan automobile. The car had been placed by the owner in his garage, in the village of Platte Center, on the night of December 30, 1922. The door of the garage was locked. The next morning the car was missing. He next saw it in the garage of one Garrett, at Crestón, Iowa, where he took possession of it and drove it home.

The evidence tends to prove that the car was stolen by a brother of the accused, and that' accused knew of the larceny and by prearrangement went to Crestón, Iowa, where the car had been taken by his brother, and where he…