State v. Shafer

The defendant, Shafer, appeals from a conviction of larceny after a jury trial in Klamath County.

Shafer was jointly indicted with one Wilson, whose case is also decided today. See State v. Wilson, 221 Or 602, 351 P2d 944. The defendants had separate trials. The indictment accused the defendants jointly of stealing a black cow branded with a VK-connected on the right shoulder. Shafer assigns error to numerous rulings by the trial court, but the principal issue on appeal is whether he was denied a fair trial. The trial took six days and produced more than 800 typewritten pages of testimony. The…