Powell v. State

Appellant was indicted, tried and convicted of grand larceny, and sentenced to the penitentiary for one year.

It was shown that appellant was the general servant of S. N. Marshall, the owner of the property taken, which consisted of a lot of tools. They were kept in a room, partly used as a stable, in which a horse was kept, which it was appellant’s duty to take care of. He had access to the tools at his pleasure, and the right-, by virtue of his employment, to use them at any time; although no directions were given him to use them, nor was any occasion shown for his using them. lie took them…