Ainesworth v. State

OPINION

BUSSEY, Judge:

Appellant, George Edward Ainesworth, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was charged, tried and convicted in the District Court, Nowata County, Case No. CRF-73-55, for the offense of Grand Larceny in violation of 21 O.S.1971, Sec. 1701. His punishment was fixed at a term of two (2) years imprisonment, and from said judgment and sentence a timely appeal has been perfected to this Court.

At the trial, the State’s first witness, Lawrence Shipley, testified that he was the County Commissioner for Nowata County and in charge of the County barn in Lena-pah, Oklahoma. He stated…