Bourns v. State

The plaintiff in error, for convenience hereinafter referred to' as the defendant, was convicted of the larceny of a cow, and sentenced to be imprisoned for a period of two years.

The testimony on behalf of the state shows that W. L. Wilson lived in Carter county, north of the town of Wilson; on the 5th day of May, 1932, he had a jersey cow disappear from his place; in August, 1933, he found the cow in the possession of the defendant. W. L. Wilson, the owner of the cow, had no knowledge whatever as to who stole the cow.

Ellen Conley, a witness for the state, testified in substance to' the same…