Dorsey v. State

PRICE, Judge.

'The indictment contained two counts. Count one charged the defendant with larceny of a cow. Count two charged him with the offense of receiving, etc., stolen property. The jury returned a verdict of guilty as to count two. The court sentenced the defendant to the penitentiary for a year and a day.

The State’s evidence was to the effect that a heavy red cow, with horns, belonging to Boise Dent was missing the latter •part of November, 1950'. The evidence is undisputed that defendant sold the cow to J. B. Key around November 30th. The •cow was placed in a pasture on Key’s place.…