Blakley v. State

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the district court of Stephens county of the larceny of an automobile, and his punishment fixed by the jury at imprisonment for five years in the state penitentiary.

The evidence of the state was that W. C. Lawler was the owner of a Chevrolet coupe, 1928 model; that on the night of November 4, 1928, Lawler parked his car in front of the Wade Hotel and went in the lobby and stayed for about 30 minutes; that as he came out of the lobby he noticed his car had been backed out from the curb and heard the engine running and saw…