Andrews v. State

The State contends that the evidence discloses that Mollie Hudson’s (the woman whose property was alleged to have been taken) mind was bad, she being some eighty years of age, that she was incapable of making an agreement with the defendant, that she knew no value, and would frequently walk around the neighborhood and be unable to find her way back home; that she was physically unable to attend court. The defendant was charged with simple larceny in that he took a sewing-machine and two quilts. The defendant, by the newly discovered evidence, is seeking to show that Mollie Hudson was examined…