Leistritz v. State

The defendant was convicted of cattle stealing under section 28-510, R. R. S. 1943. He claims error in that the evidence is insufficient to sustain a conviction and that the trial court erred in giving certain instructions and failing to give others requested by him.

The evidence of the State shows that on the night of February 5, 1956, defendant Leistritz together with Maurice O’Connor and George Piihl went upon the ranch lands of the Lakeside Ranch Company pursuant to a previous agreement and feloniously killed and carried away a yearling steer belonging to the company. O’Connor and Piihl…