Davis v. State

BRICKEN, Presiding Judge.

This is a joint appeal, by the two .appellants, from a judgment of conviction, for the offense of grand larceny. The property involved, and alleged to have been stolen, was a Ford automobile, of the value of $700, the personal property of Bessie Lewis.

The corpus delicti was fully proven by the undisputed testimony. The material and controlling question upon the trial, and here as well, was the identity of the perpetrators of the offense charged; and on this question there was sharp and direct conflict in the testimony, presenting, therefore, a question .for the jury…