White v. State

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the district court of Carter county upon a charge of stealing an automobile and was sentenced to serve a term of five years in the state penitentiary. The record discloses that on May 25, 1923, Hattie Berry, who lived in Carter county, drove a new Ford automobile to Ardmore to attend a carnival. It was parked near the carnival grounds and soon thereafter she discovered it had been stolen, and she immediately reported the loss to the police. The car was found in Ardmore in September following, in the possession of one “Red”…