Lawson v. State

C. A. Lawson and Mrs. C. A. Lawson were charged with larceny from tbe person, tbe material part of the ac eusation being they did “wrongfully and fraudulently take [a designated sum of money] from the person of B. A. Eaton Sr., and the property of B. A. Eaton Sr., privately and without the knowledge of the said B. A. Eaton Sr., and with an intent to steal the-same.” The defendants contend that the evidence showed that B. A. Eaton was dead at the time the money was taken, or if he was not then dead he died within a few minutes after it was taken, and that the indictment was not returned until…