People v. Swinford
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment convicting the defendant of larceny, and an order denying a new trial, and refusing to settle a hill of exceptions, in the Superior Court of the County of Merced. Marks, J.
1Opinion of the Court
Sharpstein, J.:
The evidence tends to prove, that, some time in the month of October, 1878, the defendant stopped at the house of one Huffman, with two horses, one of which belonged to Miller & Lux, and liad been kept by them in a field about ten miles distant from Huffman’s place. Defendant was ill when he reached the latter place, and remained there three or four days. While there, lie exchanged the horse belonging to Miller & Lux with Huffman, for a mule and twenty-five dollars, of which Huffman paid ten dollars or twelve dollars at the time, the balance to be paid when defendant should…
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