Mougell v. State

Plaintiff in error, Wilbert M. Mougell, defendant below, was charged by information in the district court of Tulsa county, Oklahoma, with having on the 18th day of December 1952, committed the crime of larceny, Title 21, § 1701, O.S. 1951, of one engagement ring of the value of $140, Title 21, § 1704, O.S. 1951, thus making himself subject to the penalty prescribed in Title 21, § 1705, O.S. 1951. To the charge the defendant entered a plea of not guilty. A jury was empaneled and the case proceeded .to trial. The state offered its proof establishing the crime of grand larceny, and rested. The…