State v. Wood

Appellant was convicted of the larceny of a pig (described in the record as a “red boar pig”). Jonas C. Wood, the appellant and the complaining witness, John M. Apland, both lived in the city of Belle Fourche. On and for some time prior to the month of February, 1941, Apland had the pig that was the subject of the larceny in his pen at Belle Fourche. The pig was known to have been there on the evening of February 13, 1941, but on the morning of the 14th he was gone. When Apland discovered the pig was gone, he made quite an extended search, locally, and inquired of many people for his pig;…