State v. Crawley

Defendant was convicted of the crime of larceny of an automobile and has appealed. Most of the grounds of appeal revolve around the admission in evidence of statements made prior to trial by the owner of the automobile. The owner was deceased at the time of trial.

A preliminary hearing was held at the request of defendant. Defendant was represented by the same counsel who represented him at trial. During this preliminary hearing the owner of the automobile testified that she parked her vehicle in front of her bail bond office at Second and Oak Streets in the city of Portland, left her keys in…