State v. Moon

LyoN, J,

The defendant was indicted in the year 1871 for the larceny of a mare. The larceny is alleged to have been committed in 1865. In 1876, tlie defendant was tried and convicted. The circuit judge certified the case to this court, puisuant to the statute (R. S., ch. 180, sec. 8); and one of the questions submitted for our determination is the following: *685“ Is tlie evidence given on the part of the prosecution, which tends to show that the mare was stolen in fact — that is, that she was taken against the owner’s consent,— sufficient to support the verdict of guilty ? ” In the view we have…