Sadler v. State

The defendant, Jack Sadler was charged by information filed in the district court of Blaine county with the crime of grand larceny, was tried, convicted and sentenced to serve one year in the State Penitentiary and has appealed.

The information charged the defendant with the theft of an automatic .22 Winchester rifle on March 6, 1944, from one George Swayden.

Counsel for defendant presented two assignments of error:

1. The evidence is insufficient to show that the crime of larceny has been committed.

2. If the crime of larceny had been committed, it only amounted to petit larceny. These…