State v. Hook

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Smith, J.:

In this action defendant was charged with the larceny of personal property, to wit: five steers of the aggregate value of $300. He was convicted and appeals.

There was evidence on behalf of the state that about 8 p. m. October 17, 1938, an accomplice drove his truck to within a quarter of a mile of defendant’s home, where the defendant met him, and accompanied him to a nearby pasture, where some cattle were enclosed; *248that within this pasture between the hours of 8:15 p. m. on October 17,1938, and 3 o’clock, a. m., October 18,1938, the five…