Robinson v. State

Appellant was indicted, tried, and convicted of the larceny of “ten brass hose nozzles of the personal property of E. L. Bruce Company, a corporation.” An allegation of ownership and the name of the owner must be set forth in an indictment for larceny, unless facts be averred therein which will explain and excuse the omission; and when the name of the owner is stated, as here, the proof must show that the thing charged to have been stolen was the property of the person so named as owner. Sixteen brass hose nozzles were stolen from E. L. Bruce Company, Incorporated, some time between Saturday…