State v. Davis

On the 29th day of August, 1930, the Grand Jury of Polk County, Iowa, returned an indictment against the defendant, George Davis, for larceny of a motor vehicle. The defendant pleaded not guilty, and upon a trial by a jury, the defendant was found guilty and sentenced for an indeterminate period of not to exceed ten years. The facts may be briefly stated as follows:

The defendant is a married man, and living with him at his home in Des Moines were his wife and small child and his wife’s grandmother and grandfather. He worked at a packing-plant in Des Moines.

The automobile in question was a…