State v. George

RiNEB, Justice.

Robert George was tried in the District Court of Converse County on an information charging him with the larceny of twenty-one sheep belonging to the Fiddleback Company, a Wyoming corporation. A conviction having resulted, he appeals, and in this discussion, he will be referred to either by his own name or as the “defendant” for the sake of clarity, as other parties of the same surname appear in the record.

An outline of the case for the State touching the matters material to be considered here, is shortly this: One James Cooper, who had worked at odd jobs in four or five…