Rice v. State

1. The defendant, a woman, borrowed a pistol from the prosecutor, stating that her husband had gone away from home and left her alone. The prosecutor loaned her the pistol that she might use it for three or four days. In about two days after she borrowed it, the woman went to Alabama ánd carried the pistol away with her. She never offered to return it, and made no explanation of her conduct. Some months later she was arrested in Alabama and brought back upon requisition. She was accused and convicted of simple larceny. She presents the point in this court that if there was any larceny it was…