State v. Richards

McDONOUGH, Chief Justice.

Defendant was found gnilty of an attempt to steal a sheep and was convicted of attempted grand larceny under the statutory definitions, U.C.A.1953, 76-38-4(3) and U.C.A.1953, 76-1-30, and sentenced to serve six months to five years in the penitentiary under U.C.A.1953, 76-1-31. His chief contention on appeal is that the evidence presented by the state was defective in that no sufficient proof was made of an intent to commit the crime.

Defendant was surprised in the sheep corral of one Pierre Giraud on the night of April 17, 1954, by the owner and his son-in-, law, who…