Darris v. State

The appellant was indicted for the theft of several tools appropriate for and parts of an automobile tractor, aggregating a value of forty-four dollars, included in which was a carburetor valued at twenty-seven dollars. The owner of the tractor stated that the articles were taken from the tractor by some person unknown to him. A few hours after they were said to have been taken, most of the articles were found in an automobile being driven by somé one who stopped the automobile and ran when approached. The carburetor was not among the articles found in the automobile, but was subsequently…