Ferguson v. Bechly

The petitioner in this case, E. B. (Lash) Ferguson, was charged jointly with another in a county attorney’s information, filed in the district court of Mahaska County, with the crime of larceny alleged to have been committed in June, 1935. The subject of the larceny being a bunch of cattle. Ferguson was tried separately for the offense charged, was found guilty and appealed to this court from a judgment committing him to the penitentiary. Upon appeal to this court the case was reversed because of the giving of two erroneous instructions and was remanded for retrial. See former opinion, State…