Whitley v. State

Appellant was convicted upon a charge of larceny of an automobile alleged to be of the value of $100, and was sentenced to confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of years, and has appealed.

Appellant complains that the court erred in admitting the testimony of the owner of the automobile as to its value, the objection being that the witness had not qualified as an expert as preliminary to the reception of the testimony. We might pass by this question because the record shows that the value was established by other testimony not objected to. See Martin et al. v. Village of Hot Springs…