State v. Libby
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Okanogan county, Chapman, J., entered November 19, 1914, upon a trial and conviction of cattle stealing.
1Opinion of the CourtMain, J.
On November 16, 1914, the defendant was charged by information with the crime of stealing from the open range and appropriating to his own use, “one head of neat cattle, to wit, one calf, the property of another, the true owner of said calf being unknown to said prosecuting attorney.” The trial resulted in a verdict of guilty. From the judgment entered upon the verdict and the sentence imposed, this appeal is prosecuted.
*28It is first claimed that the evidence is insufficient to sustain a conviction. Testifying in his own behalf, the defendant admitted the killing, butchering, and taking of the…
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