State v. Sauerbry

Defendant was charged by county attorney’s information with larceny of a domestic animal, in violation of section 13015, Code, 1939. A jury found him guilty and he was sentenced to the penitentiary. He appeals.

I. Defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence. The animal in question, a heifer weighing about seven hundred pounds, belonged to a Mrs. Chrystal, who had placed it in a pasture within a half mile from the farm home of one Raymond. On a Sunday morning the heifer had strayed onto the public highway adjoining the Raymond farm. It was also in the Raymond farmyard for a time.…