State v. Wood

Rothrock, J.'

i.^criminal: intent. I. The property alleged to have been stolen was a guitar of the value of fifty dollars. It appears from the evidence that the defendant obtained pos- ' session of the guitar with the avowed purpose of repairing it. He had it some two weeks, in the meantime using it for the purpose of giving lessons in music; at the end of which time he left the neighborhood, taking it with him. It was found in the possession of another person in the State of Illinois. The instructions of the court contain nothing as to the elements of the crime of larceny applicable to the…