Coppler v. State

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the district court of Alfalfa county of grand larceny, and was sentenced to serve a term of two years in the state penitentiary. The only contention made is that the evidence is insufficient to sustain the judgment. Defendant was charged with the larceny of 79 bushels of wheat of the value of $79, the property of one Prank Porter. The evidence differs from that in most larceny cases, in that the owner of the property at the time of the trial was mentally unbalanced and unable to attend the trial or to' testify. The state…