State v. Sarten

HOUSER, Commissioner.

A Laclede County jury found James A. Sartén guilty of stealing 26 head of cattle *2and fixed his punishment at imprisonment in the county jail for 60 days and a fine of $1,000. Defendant has appealed from the judgment of conviction, seeking an outright reversal of the judgment on the ground that the evidence against defendant was not sufficiently substantial to warrant submission of the case to the jury, and in the alternative a reversal and remand for a new trial for the following alleged procedural errors: Improper and prejudicial cross-examination of the defendant and of…