State v. Homes

Appeal from St. Louis Criminal Court. Tbe defendant was indicted for stealing bogs. Tbe evidence for tbe state was, that defendant and another man (who was impleaded with him, but against whom a nol pros, was entered) were found hauling five bogs away on a wagon, two of which were cl aimed by one Frederick Price; tbe others were supposed to belong to the defendant. Price’s bogs were marked, and bad been running at large where defendant killed them. On tbe part of tbe defence, it was shown that the defendant bad formerly lived in that neighborhood, and when be moved away, left twenty or thirty…