McLean v. State

In October, 1884, McLean and Pearson were indicted for larceny in stealing one cow of the value of twenty-five dollars. They were tried in March, 1886, and the jury found them guilty, and the value of the property ten dollars.

They moved in arrest of judgment, “because the verdict of the jury finds the value of the heifer stolen * * ten dollars which makes the taking petit larceny and cognizable by a Justice’s Court, and that this court has no juris*282diction to punish.” The court overruled the motion and sentenced the defendants to pay a fine of fifty dollars each, and the costs. Prom this…