Dean v. State

Taylor, C. J.:

At the Spring term, 1898, of the Circuit Court of Jackson county the plaintiff in error was convicted of the crime of larceny of an ox, and was sentenced to pay a fine of one hundred and fifty dollars and costs, and in default in the payment thereof that he be confined at hard labor in the State penitentiary for the period of six months. A reversal of this judgment is sought by writ of error.

The only error assigned and urged is, that the evidence was not sufficient to sustain a conviction. The defence set up was that the ox alleged to have been stolen was not taken with the…