Garvin v. State

The defendants Alex Garvin and Ben Rhodes, alias Jack Rhodes, were jointly indicted, tried and convicted of the crime of grand larceny, because of a fraudulent scheme whereby they were alleged to have obtained the sum of $350 from one Leon Cooks and his wife, Gertrude Cooks, with intent to steal the same, the jury having found from the evidence that the victims of the fraudulent scheme did not intend to part with title to their money but gave it to them with the understanding that it should be returned to Leon when it had served the pretended purpose for which its possession was obtained.

The…