Doty v. State

The plaintiff in error, George Doty, was tried and convicted in the district court of Cherokee county, upon information charging him with the theft of one black heifer, white-faced, with large black spot under left eye, muley, the property of Floyd Vann. The jury failed to agree on the punishment. Motion for new trial was denied on March 27, 1939; thereupon the court rendered judgment and sentenced him to be imprisoned in the penitentiary for the term of two years.

From the judgment he appealed by filing in this court September 18, 1939, a petition in error with case-made.

The principal…