Lansdale v. State

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter for convenience referred to as the defendant, was convicted in the district court of Atoka county on a charge of stealing hogs, and was sentenced to imprisonment in the state penitentiary for two years. Motion for new trial was filed, considered, and overruled, exceptions saved, and the case appealed to this court.

The substance of the state’s testimony is as follows:

O. T. Armstrong stated he knew the defendant, Jim Lansdale; that on or about the 17th day of February, 1927, he lost four hogs. Witness described the hogs, and stated the hogs ranged over on…