State v. Lott

BRICE, Justice.

The original opinion is withdrawn and this substituted.

The appellants were convicted of the theft of one neat cattle and sentenced to be imprisoned for a term in the state penitentiary. The grounds advanced for reversal are that neither venue nor appellants’ connection with the theft was proved.

The evidence and inferences tending to prove venue and theft, are as follows: L. O. Morgan was the owner of approximately 100 head of cattle, among which was a red-polled heifer about 16 months old, branded 1BIF on the left shoulder and side. He moved 14 head of these cattle, including…