Grentzinger v. State
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error to the district court for Richardson county. Tried below before Appelget, J. cited: 2 Bishop, Or. Pro. [3d Ed."], sec. 743; Lee v. State, 11 S. W. Rep. [Tex.], 483; State v. Hale, 7 Pac. Rep. [Or.], 523; Peopie v. Cline, 16 Pac. Rep. [Cal.], 391; Ciarle v. State, 11 S. ~W. Rep. [Tex.], 374; MeDawiel v. State, 7 Id., 249; People v. Elster, 3 Pac. Rep. [Cal.], 884.
1Opinion of the CourtMaxwell, J.
The plaintiff in error was convicted of the larceny of a horse and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for the period of four years. He now prosecutes error to this court.
A witness named Scott testified on behalf of the state that on the day succeeding that on which the horse was supposed to have been taken he saw the plaintiff in error riding the horse and asked him if he had been trading horses and the plaintiff in error answered “ Yes.”
The court instructed the jury “That the possession of stolen property recently after the theft, or after the same was stolen, is sufficient to…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Thompson v. PeopleNebraska Supreme Court · 1876
3Cited by2 opinions
- Mantell v. JonesNebraska Supreme Court · 1949
- Dobson v. StateNebraska Supreme Court · 1895