State v. Murphy

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hoyt, C. J.

Appellant was convicted of the crime of cattle stealing, and by this appeal seeks to reverse the sentence imposed upon such conviction. The first alleged error grows out of the action of the court in admitting certain evidence offered by the plaintiff over his objection, and in denying his motion to strike certain other evidence introduced by the plaintiff.

The ground upon which it is alleged that the evidence was incompetent was that the witness in testifying as to the identity of the animal which it was alleged had been stolen, stated that…