State v. Hill

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Harvey, J.;

Appellant was charged, tried and found guilty of the larceny of sixty bags of cottonseed cake, of the value of $135. He has appealed, and contends: The court erred (1) in the reception of evidence, (2) in submitting the case to the jury, and (3) in the instructions given.

Briefly, the facts shown by the evidence, which the jury was entitled to believe, may be stated as follows: Hill was a farmer, and had some livestock, and resided in the southern part of Lyon county. The Browning ranch was about twenty miles to the south, in Greenwood…