Harrington v. State

Plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the district court of Mayes county of grand larceny, and was sentenced to serve a term of one year in the state penitentiary.

Plaintiff in error was charged with the larceny of a pistol of an alleged value of $25. The testimony is challenged as insufficient, and, while not overwhelming, it is nevertheless ample to support a verdict of guilty.

Upon the question of the value of the property stolen, however, we think it is not clearly proven that it was of a value exceeding $20. The testimony is that the pistol was a secondhand…