Mathis v. State

G. W. Mathis stands convicted of hog-stealing. He prosecutes the present writ of error, assigning error on the overruling of his motion for new trial which contains only the general grounds. The facts as they appeared on the trial, taken most favorably to the State, were substantially as follows: John Grimes, a farmer in Berrien County, owned three certain hogs, among others, a “black and red spotted sow, a black and white spotted gilt, and a sotty barrow,” all with his mark, a split and underbit in each ear. These hogs were gentle, and stayed about his house. On or about September 28, the…