State v. Yegen

This is an appeal by defendant from a judgment of conviction on the charge of grand larceny and from an order denying his motion for a new trial.

By information the defendant was charged with having stolen a Belgian stallion branded on the left thigh, the property of Frye & Co., a corporation. The state’s case rested largely upon the testimony of William Steele, an admitted accomplice, who testified in substance that on or about 6 o’clock of September 6, 1927, after attending a dance at de fendant’s ranch the night before, defendant directed him, Jimmie Du Bray, and Dewey Cobell to go to what…