Morris v. State

M. L. Morris was convicted of the larceny of an automobile. The exception here is to the judgment overruling the defendant’s motion for a new trial.

The evidence shows that the stolen car was in the possession of the defendant nine days after the theft; that on the day it was recovered he was driving the car, and had another man in the car with him; and that on the approach of the officers they fled, and wrecked the automobile with nine gallons of liquor in it. The witnesses for the State testified that the defendant confessed and gave the details of how he and the other man in the car had “…