State v. Sweetman

The defendant, E. J. Sweetman, was indicted by the grand jury of Polk county for larceny of a motor vehicle, as defined by section 13011. The ear was a Chevrolet coach and the property of H. C. Hoskins, and in the possession and custody of Mrs. H. C. Hoskins. The defendant entered a plea of “not guilty”.

The jury panel was not drawn in the presence of the defendant, but was sent in from another room, and objection thereto was made for that reason. The objection was overruled and defendant excepted. The jury having been selected and sworn, the trial was begun and the state put in its evidence.…