Gourley v. State

The plaintiff in error, Vincent H. Gonrley, hereinafter referred to' as defendant, was convicted in the district court of Pittsburg county of the crime of larceny of live stock, and his punishment fixed by the jury at five years in the state penitentiary.

The evidence on the part of the state was that on the night of May 22, 1928, C. E. Stromer, who lived near Kiowa, in Pittsburg county, and wlm operated a dairy, had a pale or medium red cow stolen from his cow lot. This, cow was put in the lot on the evening of May 22d, and was missing from the lot at about 4 o’clock the morning of May 23d,…