State v. Christianson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Defendant and another were indicted by the grand jury, tried in the district eonrt for Polk county before Watts, J., and a jury, and convicted of stealing wheat. From an order denying his motion for a new trial, defendant Christianson appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHallam, J.
1. Defendant Christianson was convicted of stealing 115 bushels of wheat from a farmer’s granary. The wheat was undoubtedly stolen. One Connery, arrested for the theft, confessed guilt and implicated defendants Christianson and Strommen. He testified that Christianson and himself took the wheat on January 5,1915, that Christianson, though a farmer, had no wheat of his own and that fact might be known, so he procured Strommen, his brother-in-law, and a farmer who had wheat of his own, to market the stolen wheat at a mill near Fertile, Minnesota. Both defendants were convicted. Defendant…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- State v. LawlorSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1881
- State v. ClementsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1901
- State v. WhitmanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1908
- Clark v. ClarkSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1902
- State v. ClementsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1901
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- State v. MorrisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1921
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