King v. People

Defendant King was convicted in the District Court of Prowers county under an information charging him with the larceny of livestock, the transaction occurring,- according to the people’s evidence, November 23, 1916, and he brings the case here for review.

*399The only assignment of error necessary to be considered relates to the attempted impeachment of defendant as a witness in his own behalf, on a matter immaterial to the issue on trial. Defendant when on the witness stand denied in chief, that he had taken any part in butchering the animal in question, but testified that he had assisted in…