State v. Hellekson
South Dakota Supreme Court
Error to circuit court, Lyman county. Hon. Prank B. Smith, Judge. Jobn M. Hellekson was convicted of grand larceny, and from the judgment he brings error. The facts are stated in the opinion. A court takes judicial notice of the counties embraced within its own jurisdiction. U. S. v. Beebe. 2 Dak. 292; 1 Grecnloaf on Evidence, § 6.
1Opinion of the CourtHaney, J.
Defendant was convicted upon an information containing the following allegations: “That John Hellekson, late of said county, yeoman, on the 15bh day of February, 1898, at the county of Presho, then an unorganized county attached to Lyman county for judicial purposes, now a part of Lyman county, South Dakota, did then and there, willfully and feloniously, by fraud and stealth, and with intent to deprive the owner thereof, take, steal, and carry away certain personal *244property, to-wit, one red cow, the same being a neat cattle beast, of the value of twenty-five dollars, the property of K. E.…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Peart v. Chicago, M. & St. P. Ry. Co.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1896
- Peart v. Chicago, M. & St. P. Ry. Co.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1896
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