Devore v. State

The plaintiif in error, hereinafter ealled defendant, was convicted in the district court of Grant county on a charge of grand larceny and sentenced to serve a term of one year in the penitentiary.

The record discloses that on the 8th day of March, there was stolen from the home of Ray Lakey, near Renfrow, in Grant county, certain personal property consisting of clothing, a Winchester shotgun, and a violin. It appears, incidentally, that property was stolen from other parties at the same time, which was also found later with the property stolen from Lakey. On the same day the defendant and his…