Nichols v. State

BELCHER, Commissioner.

The appellant was convicted of wilfully killing one head of cattle of over the value of $50 by shooting the said one head of cattle with a gun with the intent to injure-the owner; and his punishment was assessed at three years.

The alleged injured party, Harold Trant, testified that a 450 pound Hereford-type calf of over the value of $100, which he owned, was found dead in a pasture about seventy-five yards from the road; that the calf had several bullet holes in the-body; and that he did not give anyone permission to shoot the calf.

The tracing of a license number of…