Houpt v. State

Sam Houpt prosecutes this appeal from a judgment of conviction against Mm for grand larceny, charged to have been committed by stealing one Dodge touring car of the value of $500 from E. L. 'Barkley in Garland 'County, Ark.

According to the evidence for the State, E. L. Barkley and his wife jointly purchased .and owned a Dodge touring car in August, 1921. It was a five-passenger car, and had nickel-plated bumpers on the front and rear of the car. The lights were also nickel-plated, and the ear had been in use less than a year at the time it was stolen on the night of Saturday, July 1, 1922. E.…