State v. Van
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Dawson County; Sydney Sanner, Judge. Oliver Van, charged with grand larceny, was convicted and appeals from the judgment and from an order denying him a new trial. It was error for the court to give the statutory definition of larceny without instructing the jury in addition thereto that the intent of the defendant at the time of the alleged taking must have been proved beyond a reasonable doubt to have been felonious.
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Appeal from District Court, Dawson County; Sydney Sanner, Judge. Oliver Van, charged with grand larceny, was convicted and appeals from the judgment and from an order denying him a new trial. It was error for the court to give the statutory definition of larceny without instructing the jury in addition thereto that the intent of the defendant at the time of the alleged taking must have been proved beyond a reasonable doubt to have been felonious. (State v. Peterson, 36 Mont. 109, 92 Pac. 302; State v. McLeod, 35 Mont. 372, 89 Pac. 831; State v. Sloan, 35 Mont. 367, 89 Pae. 829; State v.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holloway
The defendant was convicted of grand larceny and appeals from the judgment and from an order denying him a new trial. *382Appellant’s counsel make sixty-seven assignments of error and in argument group them under thirty-two separate heads. To consider the questions, thus raised, separately and at any length would extend this opinion unnecessarily and would not accomplish any useful purpose. Many of the assignments must necessarily be disposed of somewhat summarily.
1. Objection was made to the introduction in evidence of certain pelts (Exhibits “B,” “C,” “D” and “E”). We think the identification…
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