Starck v. State

The appellant was indicted in the court below for the larceny of a heifer, and, upon trial, was convicted of the offence.

The facts appear to have been, that the heifer was a stray animal, that came to the premises of the appellant in the Spring of 1877, and herded to some extent with his cattle. He drove her away, but she came back, and he fed her with his cattle. Finally, in June of that year, he killed the heifer, and appropriated her to his own use.

There did not appear to have been any marks upon the heifer, from which he could have ascertained her ownership; nor did it appear that the…