Parker v. State

W. B. Parker was convicted of larceny of an automobile. His motion for new trial, based solely on the general grounds, was overruled, and he excepted.

The defendant made conflicting statements as to how he came into the possession of the automobile. The deputy sheriff testified that the defendant first made the statement “that he bought it from a salesman in Gainesville, but that he did not remember his name, and that he had traded in his car and had given ninety some odd dollars to boot.” Then, after a few days, when- the deputy sheriff had definitely ascertained that the car was a stolen…