Ballard v. State

The defendant was charged in Tulsa county with the larceny of an automobile; was tried, convicted and' sentenced to serve a term of ten years in the penitentiary, and has appealed.

It is contended that the verdict is contrary to the law and the evidence, for the reason that it is insufficient. The evidence revealed that on the evening of July 14,1937, Mrs. Francis Bowder, the owner of a Chevrolet automobile, and her husband parked the same across the street from the Morningside Hospital, in the city of Tulsa. When they returned in about 20 minutes the automobile was gone. On July 31, 1937, she…