Legal Opinion

State v. Swager

Washington Supreme Court

Decided March 22, 1920No. 15603PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Grant county, Hill, J., entered January 30, 1919, upon a trial and conviction of the larceny of cattle from the range.

1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.

Jan Swager was convicted of the crime of grand larceny, and appeals from the judgment and sentence pronounced against him.

During the year 1918, the appellant resided with his. family of minor children on a ranch situated some ten miles south of the town of Ephrata, in Grant county. The information charged him with the larceny from the range of some nine head of neat cattle, the property of one George Drumheller. The record discloses that Drumheller owns quite an extensive ranch in Grant county, north of the appellant’s ranch, ,and ranges thereon and in the territory adjoining it a large…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Hurst v. Territory of OklahomaSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1906
  2. People v. DavisCalifornia Supreme Court · 1893
  3. State v. Wong QuongWashington Supreme Court · 1901

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. State v. TullockWashington Supreme Court · 1922

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