State v. Vane

One Carl Brink was put to trial in Pend Oreille county in December, 1916. He was charged with the crime of horse stealing. He entered a plea of not guilty. The horses had been sold at Hill-yard, in Spokane county, on the 20th day of June. The defense was an alibi, and the whereabouts of Brink on the 20th of June became the material question in the case.

Defendant Vane and Brink had been friends for about fifteen years, having neighbored together in a way customary in new countries. Both had taken up homesteads. Defendant had prospered and had helped Brink, who had accomplished but little in a…