Territory v. Doyle
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Custer County. “ The proceedings prescribed by law in civil cases in respect to the impaneling of jurors, .... and the rendering of their verdict, shall be had upon trials of indictments and prosecutions for criminal offenses.” Rev. Stats. Mont., p. 327, secs. 292, 293. In this case, upon the trial, the jury were permitted to take with them to the jury-room an account-book.
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Appeal from District Court, Custer County. “ The proceedings prescribed by law in civil cases in respect to the impaneling of jurors, .... and the rendering of their verdict, shall be had upon trials of indictments and prosecutions for criminal offenses.” Rev. Stats. Mont., p. 327, secs. 292, 293. In this case, upon the trial, the jury were permitted to take with them to the jury-room an account-book. In section 257 of the Revised Statutes, at page 87, it is provided that no such books of account and documents as are here referred to shall be taken by the jury when they retire to consider of…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion states the case.
McLeary, J.
The appellant in this case was convicted of the larceny of two mules, and sentenced to seven years’ confinement in the territorial prison. The errors complained of will be examined seriatim.
1. It is alleged as an error that the court admitted in evidence a certain bill of sale found on the defendant when he was arrested. There was no error in admitting this bill of sale in evidence. The defendant had it in his possession, and it described the stolen mules which *249lie was driving. The fact that the brands did not exactly correspond, and that the vendee in…
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