The People v. McElvain

The grand jury of Hamilton county indicted Claude McElvain, William Sinks and Cleve Riley for the larceny of a hog. The indictment was nollied as to Riley, Sinks forfeited his bond, McElvain (hereafter called the defendant) was tried, found guilty and sentenced to the penitentiary, and his case comes to this court on a writ of error.

The evidence shows that Joe and Earl Maulding, who are brothers, lived in the city of McLeansboro, in Hamilton county, and were dealers in hogs and other stock. They had two hogs in a pen in or near the city, close to some tanks of the Standard Oil Company. The…