Pruitt v. State

The defendant and Ernest Hankins were charged jointly with the larceny of two mules in Choctaw county. A severance was taken and the defendant tried separately. He was convicted and sentenced to serve a term of eight years in the penitentiary, and has appealed.

The record reveals that A. L. Calfee was the owner of two mules; one an iron gray mare mule, the other a black mare mule; that just prior to the 20th. day of November, 1934, his mules were turned into a pasture ad joining his home in Choctaw county. When he went to look for them, they were gone. After several days of searching, he found…