Hawes v. State

The defendant was indicted under three counts — the first, for larceny of an automobile; the second, for its embezzlement; and the third, for larceny of $100 from the person of one P. L. Hudson. The state's case, briefly stated, was that Hudson, after being driven around by defendant in a Ford car, bought the car from defendant for $100, which he then and there paid to him in cash; whereupon defendant, on the pretense of going to the courthouse to get the proper papers, and, promising to return shortly, drove the car off, and did not return at all, and was shortly afterwards found by the…