State v. Claybaugh

— Defendant was indicted, tried and convicted for petit larceny and was granted an appeal to the Supreme Court but that tribunal transferred tbe case to this court on jurisdictional grounds. Tbe charge in tbe indictment is “that Clarence Claybaugb . . on tbe — day of December, 1904, at tbe county of Grundy, State of Missouri, eleven (11) turkeys, tbe property of W. O. Garnand of tbe value of $17.50, did unlawfully steal, take and carry away, be tbe said Clarence Claybaugb then and there having no right or interest in said turkeys,” etc. Tbe record is very voluminous. Tbe contest arose between…