Phillips v. State

The defendant was charged, tried and convicted of hog stealing. He appeals. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The appeal presents the question of the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain a conviction, and, particularly, the sufficiency of the evidence to prove a felonious intent at the time of the taking.

In summary the evidence of the state follows: One Humphrey gave a Hampshire boar to a boy named Wayne Todd. On. February 19, 1943, Todd took the hog to the sales pavilion at Imperial. There he met the defendant, who also had a hog, and they traded hogs. Todd was to get $3 “to boot.”…