Kirk v. State

This appeal is prosecuted from a conviction had in the district court of Washita county, in which the defendant was found guilty of grand larceny. On the 31st day of October, 1911, in accordance with the verdict of the jury he was sentenced to be imprisoned in the state penitentiary for a term of three years.

Briefly stated, the record discloses' the following facts: E. M. Browers, a bachelor, .desired to make a trip back to Indiana. Iiis neighbor across the road was the defendant, John Kirk, and he left the key to his house with Kirk, during his absence, who had agreed to care for his stock.…