State v. Collins.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Pemiscot Circuit Court. — lion. Sterling H. McCarty, Judge. (1) The verdict of the jury is against the evidence and against the law under the evidence, is for1 the wrong party, and should have been for the defendant, finding him not guilty.
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Appeal from Pemiscot Circuit Court. — lion. Sterling H. McCarty, Judge. (1) The verdict of the jury is against the evidence and against the law under the evidence, is for1 the wrong party, and should have been for the defendant, finding him not guilty. The defendant is indicted for stealing a cow, grand larceny, under Sec. 4535, R. S. 1909, now Sec. 3312, R. S. 1919, All the evidence in the case shows that the cow was lost, and the defendant, if guilty of anything, was guilty of the fraudulent conversion of lost property under Section 3322, A party indicted under Section 3312 cannot be…
1Opinion of the Court
Defendant, Walter Collins, and one Lonnie Fewell were jointly charged in an information filed in the Circuit Court of Pemiscot County, Missouri, on November 3, 1920, with the crime of grand larceny, in that, on the — day of July, 1920, at Pemiscot County aforesaid, they feloniously stole, took and carried away a cow, the property of one Charlie Ward, of the value of fifty dollars. A severance was granted and, on November 16, 1920, a jury found defendant Collins guilty of grand larceny and assessed his punishment at imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of two years, and judgment was…
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