State v. Thompson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Harvey, J.:

L. E. Thompson and C. Thompson, brothers, were jointly charged in an information with the larceny of a Chevrolet touring car, the property of William Whitty, at Holton, Kan., on April 12, 1924. Upon a separate trial of L. E. Thompson he was found guilty and was sentenced. He has appealed and complains of instructions of the court, which will be hereafter specifically noted.

It was the theory of the state that the two Thompsons as early as March, 1924, had planned to steal a Chevrolet touring car and drive it to Oregon. The evidence tending to…