Davis v. State

WHITE, JOSEPH S. (Ret.) Associate Judge.

This appeal brings for review a judgment convicting appellant of grand larceny. The charge involved the theft of “Forty (40) Bushels of Mangoes” valued at “more than ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00)” the “goods and chattels of one ED MITCHELL”.

The question before the court concerns the sufficiency of the proof to establish ownership of the fruit.

Ed Mitchell had more than one hundred bearing mango trees. He discovered that approximately 75 bushels of fruit had been removed from his trees. He reported the theft to a nearby packing house and requested that…