Territory of New Mexico v. Meredith
New Mexico Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court for Union County, before William J. Mills, Chief Justice. A brand not recorded on or before the date of the commission of the alleged crime of larceny could not be used to prove ownership at the time. Turner v. State, 45 S. W. Eep. 1020; Priestmuth v. The State, 1 Texas App. 481; Spinks v. State, 8 Tex.
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Appeal from the District Court for Union County, before William J. Mills, Chief Justice. A brand not recorded on or before the date of the commission of the alleged crime of larceny could not be used to prove ownership at the time. Turner v. State, 45 S. W. Eep. 1020; Priestmuth v. The State, 1 Texas App. 481; Spinks v. State, 8 Tex. App. 125; Coombs v. The State, 17 Tex.'App. 266; Gram v. State, 3 S. W. 668; Chaves v. Territory, 6 N. M. 455; C. L. 1897, sec. 107. Questions asked by the court are subject to the same restrictions and rules of evidence as questions asked by counsel. Wilson v.…
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT.
ABBOTT, J.
The defendant, here the appellant, was found guilty by a jury at the March term, 1906, of the Fourth District Court for Union County, Mills, C. J., presiding, of the larceny of one head of neat cattle, a bull calf, the property of Joseph Davis. The calf was nearly a year old, was branded, and had besides certain flesh and skin markings described in the evidence.
The errors assigned relate to the admission of certain evidence, to certain instructions given to the jury, and others refused.
1 The first error alleged is that the court improperly admitted in evidence a…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Turner v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1898
3Cited by5 opinions
- State v. SarracinoNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1998
- State v. SmithNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1975
- State v. SedilloNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1966
- State v. HerreraNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1972
- State v. CrumpNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1981