Kemp v. State

The appellant, F. T. Kemp, was indicted on April 25, 1939, for the larceny of a bull. He was tried April 29, 1940, and a verdict of guilty was returned. From a judgment of conviction and sentence to imprisonment in the State penitentiary, this appeal is brought.

The defendant below questions the sufficiency of the evidence adduced by the State to show a felonious intent on his part to steal the bull and permanently deprive the owner thereof. One of the essential elements of larceny is an intent to feloniously deprive the owner permanntly of the property which is the subject of the lacreny, but…