Epps v. United States

Appellant was indicted for having unlawfully and feloniously taken, used, operated and removed, a certain automobile truck from a certain street in the District of Columbia, without the consent of the owner.1

In the evening of the day following the theft of the truck appellant was found by a policeman in the driver’s seat. The officer found upon examination of the car that the ignition wires had been disconnected and crossed so that a key was not necessary to start the motor. When appellant was asked by the officer why he was in the truck, he replied that he was waiting for the driver, whom he…