The People v. Stone

The defendant, Herbert Stone, was indicted by a grand jury in Marion county for having stolen five cows from C. V. Bowen, of the value of $200. A jury found him guilty and fixed the value of the stolen property at $112.40. Judgment was entered on the verdict and the defendant was sentenced to the Southern Illinois Penitentiary for an indeterminate period. The cause is in this court on writ of error.

The complaining witness, C. V. Bowen, was the owner of ten heifers pastured on his farm near Patoka, Marion county. He lived on another farm several miles distant but was in the habit of going to…