State v. Fields

WILLIAMS, C.

Wilfully Killing Hog with Intent to Steal It. Under an indictment charging defendant, under section 4541, Revised Statutes 1909, with wilfully killing a hog, with intent to steal the same and convert it to his own use, defendant was tried in the circuit court of Pemiscot county, found guilty by the jury and his punishment assessed at two years in the penitentiary. Defendant thereupon perfected an appeal to this court.

The evidence upon the part of the State tends to establish the following facts: About 2 p. m., on the 22d day of November, 1912, a sandy-colored hog, weighing over…