State v. Swayze

By the Court,

Watson, C. J.:

This appeal is from a judgment of imprisonment upon a conviction for larceny of a cow and calf. The evidence given at the trial appears in the bill of exceptions forming part of the record in the case. Hindman, the prosecuting witness, claimed the animals as his property, while the appellant contended they were lost or abandoned animals, and had no owner. Under this claim, he drove them off the *358range and put his brand upon them, and then turned them back on the range again. After this, Hindman pxxt the cow and calf in a Mr. Lowe’s corral and sent" word to appellant,…