State v. Wood

McDonough, Justice.

Appellant was convicted and sentenced to the State Prison for an indeterminate term of not less than fifteen years as being an habitual criminal. He was found guilty by .a jury of grand larceny and then was tried by the same jury on the charge of being an habitual criminal, both charges being contained in the information.

Appellant was arrested in Ogden as he was loading three footlockers into a taxi cab. When he was questioned by the officer, witnesses stated that he first claimed ownership of the footlockers and their contents and then reversed his story, saying that he…