Van Buren v. State

The plaintiffs in error, McLaughlin and Van Burén, who were defendants in the trial court, were informed against and by the verdict of a jury found guilty of stealing a mare of the value of $15, the personal property of one John Ray; the larceny charged being alleged to have been committed in Cherry county. After the overruling of a motion for a new trial and a motion in arrest of judgment, the defendants were sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for a period of seven and five years, respectively, and adjudged to pay the costs of prosecution. By proceedings in error the defendants…