Jordan v. State

A jury found defendant-appellant guilty of grand larceny of a truck. The court fixed his punishment at imprisonment for five years and sentenced him accordingly.

A short summary of the evidence seems sufficient for a discussion and consideration of the contention of appellant that there was "no substantial evidence of a felonious taking."

The owner of the truck, Charles Houston, was the jailer of the DeKalb County Jail. Defendant and two other persons in custody in the jail, while in the process of escaping therefrom, locked Mr. Houston in a jail cell. They told him to empty his pockets. He…