State v. Duncan

Appellants were jointly indicted by the grand jury of Platte County for the larceny of a corn planter, the property of Frank Foster and of the value of $86. Upon trial they were found guilty and their punishment was assessed separately at two years in the State penitentiary. They were sentenced in accordance with the verdict and in due course they appealed. The principal, if not the sole question for our decision is the sufficiency of the evidence to warrant the submission of the case to the jury.

The charge was laid as of April 21, 1930. On that day, Frank Foster, a farmer, living in Platte…