People v. Clauson

The appellant was indicted and convicted of the crime of grand larceny, for stealing a mare, the property of one Henry Hay.'

Two errors are assigned:

The first relates to the admission of certain testimony offered by the prosecution and objected to by the defendant.

It appears from the record that the prosecuting witness, Kay, testified to the loss of his mare, and that he found her in the possession of the defendant. At this time and to explain his possession, the defendant stated to the witness that lie had bought the mare of one George Ivory; that witness replied that he would go and see…