Newton v. People

Plaintiff in error, who is hereinafter referred to as Mrs. Newton, was convicted of larceny and sentenced to a term of one to three years in the penitentiary. To review that judgment she prosecutes this writ and asks that it be made a supersedeas. The errors assigned and argued, and which require consideration, may be thus summarized :

The offense charged was the larceny, in La Plata county, Colorado, of one steer of the value of $25. Mrs. Newton was never in Colorado in connection with the. theft, but always in New Mexico. There is no sufficient' evidence that she advised or encouraged the…