State v. Main
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Information for theft of a heifer, brought to the Supe-? rior Court in New London County and tried to the jury before Thayer, J.; verdict and judgment of guilty, and appeal by the accused for alleged errors in the rulings and charge of the court.
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Information for theft of a heifer, brought to the Supe-? rior Court in New London County and tried to the jury before Thayer, J.; verdict and judgment of guilty, and appeal by the accused for alleged errors in the rulings and charge of the court. The information charges the theft of one heifer of the value of $20, on or about the 1st day of September, 1900. A statute passed in 1893 makes the theft of a heifer, irrespective of its value, punishable by imprisonment in the State’s prison. Prior to that time punishment for such theft was graded according to the value of the animal stolen, and the…
1Opinion of the CourtHamersley, J.
The charge of the court on the subject of a felonious taking is correct, clear and adequate.
The substantial defense of the accused was that he owned the heifer and that his taking was lawful and not wrongful. He also put forward an alternative defense, namely, assuming the heifer to have been the property of another and that the accused took it wrongfully, yet he took it openly and under a claim of ownership. The court stated the law applicable to this alternative defense fully and fairly. ' It told the jury that to constitute the crime there must be not only a wrongful taking, but a wrongful…
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