State v. Medley
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from, Wabaunsee District C'owrt. The opinion herein, filed February 9, 1895, states the material facts.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Johnston, J.:
On the 3d day of October, 1894, John H. Medley was convicted upon a charge of stealing a yearling steer, the property of Thomas C. Finney, and the penalty adjudged was imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a term of three years. He appeals, and alleges two grounds *628of error: One, that the testimony is insufficient to sustain the conviction; and the other, that the instructions given were misleading and improper.
The conviction rests largely upon circumstantial evidence, but in our view it is sufficient to uphold the verdict and…
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