State v. Mehlhorn

The appellant was charged by information, in seven counts, with the crime of grand larceny. He entered a plea of guilty to two counts, and, on December 11, 1935, was sentenced, in accordance with chapter 114, Laws of 1935, p. 308, Rem. Rev. Stat. (Sup.), § 10249-1 [P. C. § 4503-31] et seq., to a term of fifteen years in the state penitentiary upon each count, the terms to run consecutively.

The offenses with which he was charged were alleged to have been committed in the years 1928 and-1929. The specific statute defining grand larceny, Rem. Rev. Stat., § 2605 [P. C. § 8948], provided for no…