Sassnett v. State

THOMAS, J.:

The appellant was charged with feloniously stealing, taking, and carrying away a bull belonging to one Bryon T. Niblack; was convicted and sentenced to serve two years in the state penitentiary.

The facts upon which he was found guilty, as they were related by the alleged owner Niblack and one T. R. Barber, chief of police of High Springs and constable, present a most unusual situation. Niblack claimed to own a bull which had disappeared, and he reported the loss to Barber. Later upon the complaint of a citizen of the town a number of cattle were placed in the city pound, presumably…