Howard v. Territory of Oklahoma

Opinion of the court by

Burwell, J.:

The appellant, Samuel Howard, was tried and convicted of the crime of stealing domestic animals, under section one of article two of chapter twenty of the session laws of 1895, which provides:

“That if any person shall steal any stallion, mare, colt, gelding, ridgling, or any ass, jenet, or mule, or any bull, cow, calf, steer or stag> he shall be guilty of a felony and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished by confinement in the territorial penitentiary for a term of not less than one nor more than ten years.”

The indictment in this ease charged the…