State v. Gugel

The defendant appeals from a judgment and sentence following his conviction by a jury of the crime of grand larceny. He resides on a rented farm of 800 acres about six miles west of Blanchard, Traill county, North Dakota. Most of the testimony against the defendant was given by three witnesses, George Bird, Nick Raissure and Clarence Bailey. Bird and Raissure were working for the defendant at the time of the larceny herein involved. Bailey was an acquaintance of the defendant who had lived in the vicinity five or six years. At the time of the trial, Bird, Raissure and Bailey had pled guilty…