Weatherman v. State

Plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the superior court of Okmulgee county of grand larceny, and was sentenced to serve a term of two years and six months in the state penitentiary.

At the time charged there was stolen from the Crowe Coal Company 1,600 pounds of copper wire, value $100. This wire was cut from a line which had been used by the owner as a power line on its leases. After being stolen, it was kept on defendant’s premises for about a week; then defendant, under a fictitious name, sold it to a junk dealer at. Henryetta.

Defendant explains his possession…