Fitch v. State

Brown, Jk

The plaintiff in error, Ira Fitch, was convicted of grand larceny, that is, the felonious taking and carrying away of $197.00 in United States currency, the property of C. W. Gilbert. The accused was a janitor and night watchman in Gilbert’s bar, known as “The Palace Bar,” in Fort Lauderdale. It is contended, first, that the evidence was not sufficient to show the defendant’s guilt of any offense; and, secondly, that if it showed any offense whatever, it was the offense of embezzlement rather than larceny.

The Palace Bar, of which Gilbert was the proprietor, was .found by police…