Groover v. State

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court for Leon County for the larceny of an automobile alleged to be the property of H. Y. Maund. It is contended in behalf of the defendant that the evidence was insufficient to show those.elements in the offense of larceny, described as the animus furandi and lueri causa. The intention to steal, that is feloniously to deprive the owner permanently of his property at the time of the taking is an essential element in the crime of larceny and whether such intent existed is a…