State v. Benson

Hezekiah Benson, a man past seventy years of age, was convicted of the crime of attempting to maim livestock, and sentenced to serve one year in the penitentiary, but sentence was suspended; he has appealed from the judgment.

The specifications of error made challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the charge or connect defendant with the crime, and the action of the court in admitting certain exhibits in evidence.

The facts and circumstances established by the evidence are substantially as follows: Benson and Rodney Stam, owner of land adjoining that of Benson and cashier of the…