Jaynes v. People

Plaintiff in error, defendant below, was convicted of killing by poison a horse of the value of $125.00, the property of one O. W. Hoskins, and sentenced to a term in the penitentiary.

As evidence in chief the people introduced the testimony of one Watson, who testified the defendant had confessed to him that he poisoned the horse in question; that the poison used was cyanide of potassium; that he had obtained it from the Colorado Chemical & Spray Manufacturing Company, and that he had a signed a check to pay for it. The defend*537ant, as a witness in his own behalf, denied having made this…