Linder v. State

The plaintiff in error was convicted of the offense of disposing of mortgaged property. It is not urged in the brief of his counsel that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict, except for the reason that the venue was not sufficiently proved. There was no evidence that the calf which he was charged in the indictment with having disposed of had been sold, but there was testimony that the defendant freely and voluntarily admitted that he had killed and eaten it and had thus “otherwise disposed” of the mortgaged -property, and further testimony showing that this was done without…