Benefield v. State

The writer is impressed with the fact that this is a case originating from a domestic “squabble and fuss” between a husband and wife. The appellant is charged with grand larceny, an offense the commission of which requires a felonious intent to take and “carry away”, which, in my opinion, under the evidence was not here proven. A perusal of the evidence in this case reveals an offer or attempt by appellant to prove the arrangements for and/or furnishing, substituting and exchanging of automobiles for the use and transportation of his wife and children over a period of years. Numerous attempts…