State v. Vinyard

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Harvey, C. J.:

Bill Vinyard and Ray Herschberger were duly charged jointly with the larceny of two coming-two-year-old white-faced steers branded with the letter “0” on the left shoulder and the letters “R 0” on the left hip, the property of Fred Surratt and Carroll Purvine. The separate jury trial of Vinyard resulted in a verdict of guilty, on which sentence was pronounced. He has appealed and contends that he was not tried by an impartial and unprejudiced jury and that the court erred, (1) in .permitting statements of an attorney to be made in the…