State v. Davis

*118GIVENS, Chief Justice.

Appellant was convicted of grand larceny through the theft of an automobile, February 13, 1947.

Smilanich, owner of a 1941 Chevrolet Club coupe, the automobile in question, left it unlocked in the parking lot before the Circle M, some kind of a business establishment on Highway 30 a mile or two west of Boise in Ada County. When Smilanich came out of the Circle M about forty-five minutes later, the automobile was gone. He immediately reported the theft, giving a list of the contents of the automobile, to the Sheriff’s office.

April 22, same year, Smilanich saw the…