State v. Jatal

An automobile owned by Harold G. Cant, stored at the time in a private garage in the city of Wabasha, Wabasha county, was on the twenty-first day of May, 1921, wrongfully and unlawfully by some person or persons stolen and carried away. Defendant was subsequently indicted as a participant in the crime, and on trial duly found guilty. He appealed from an order denying a new trial.

The record presents two principal questions, namely: (1) Whether the evidence is sufficient to justify the verdict; and (2) whether there was error in the instructions of the court to the jury. We consider them in the…