Thomson v. State
Wyoming Supreme Court
Error to the District Court, Weston County; Hon Carroll 'H. ParmelEE, Judge. Daniel Thomson was charged by information in the District Court with stealing one horse alleged to be “of value” and “the property of James Ryan.” The trial resulted in a verdict finding him guilty “as charged .in the information,” and the defendant was sentenced to a term in the penitentiary. The other material facts are stated in the opinion.
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Error to the District Court, Weston County; Hon Carroll 'H. ParmelEE, Judge. Daniel Thomson was charged by information in the District Court with stealing one horse alleged to be “of value” and “the property of James Ryan.” The trial resulted in a verdict finding him guilty “as charged .in the information,” and the defendant was sentenced to a term in the penitentiary. The other material facts are stated in the opinion. The motion of the defendant below for a postponement of the trial on account of the absence of a witness for whom a subpoena had been duly issued, but who could not be found…
1Opinion of the Court
BSARD, Justice.
The plaintiff in error, Daniel Thomson, was informed against, tried and convicted in the District Court of Weston County, of the crime of stealing a horse, and was sentenced to a term in the penitentiary. He brings the case here on error, seeking a reversal of that judgment.
The information was filed under the provisions of Section 5832, Comp. Stat. 1910, which provides, “Whoever steals any horse, mule, sheep or neat cattle, of value, * * * shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not less than one year nor more than…
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