State v. Rooke
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from the District Court of Idaho County. Honorable Edgar C. Steele, Judge. Judgment of conviction of grand larceny. The facts are stated in the opinion. The only evidence offered to show that this animal was ever in the possession of Rooke is the fact that she was placed in a pasture along with horses belonging to Rooke and that Rooke settled the pasture bill.
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APPEAL from the District Court of Idaho County. Honorable Edgar C. Steele, Judge. Judgment of conviction of grand larceny. The facts are stated in the opinion. The only evidence offered to show that this animal was ever in the possession of Rooke is the fact that she was placed in a pasture along with horses belonging to Rooke and that Rooke settled the pasture bill. There is no evidence from which it can even be inferred that the defendant ever knew that this animal had been placed in the pasture, or that any horse had been placed there by others who were not the owners of the same. This…
1Opinion of the Court
STOCKSLAGER, J. —
On the eighth day of September, 1903, an information was filed in the district court of Idaho county, charging the defendant, William Rooke, with the crime of grand larceny. After alleging that the defendant had waived a preliminary examination, the prosecuting officer charges the larceny as follows:
1. That the said William Rooke, on or about the twenty-third day of January, 1903, at the county of Idaho, and state of Idaho, then and there being, did then and there willfully and unlawfully and feloniously steal, take, carry, lead and drive away from the possession of one C. W.…
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