State v. Rindal

This is an appeal from a judgment pronounced on the defendant after his conviction of the crime of grand larceny.

The defendant, John O. Rindal, was charged with the wilful taking of an air compressor and a welder. He was convicted •and. sentenced to five years in the state prison. All but the first 45 days of the sentence was suspended. The alleged •crime occurred in the early morning hours of August 5, 1962, near Roy, Montana. The defendant and an acquaintance, Donald Brekke, had been engaged in drinking and playing cards in the Roy bar from early the previous afternoon until about 2:00…