State v. Mumford

The opinion of the court was delivered by

William R. Smith, J. :

The appellant, W. A. Mumford, with one Tom Scott, was convicted of stealing a steer, the property of G. W. Parish. The appeal of Scott was dismissed. (The State v. Scott, ante, p. 692, 79 Pac. 126.)

The information charged that on or about December 30, 1903, the defendants, Scott and Mumford, “did unlawfully and feloniously steal, take and carry away one head of neat cattle, to wit, a steer about three years old, and a more particular description of which the informant was not then able to give.” The first point raised is that this…