People v. Christensen

Foote, C.

The defendant was convicted of grand larceny, and she appeals from the judgment therein rendered, and from an order refusing a new trial. It is primarily claimed in her behalf that the evidence is entirely insufficient to support the verdict. The record shows very clearly that the defendant was positively identified by the prosecuting witness as the person who stole his money, although he was somewhat intoxicated at the time, and Annie O’Farrell, a witness for the defendant, although she positively swears that the defendant stole nothing, nevertheless states that she, the defendant,…