State v. McCracken

William McCracken, Nig Hickey and Earl Music were accused of stealing a gelding. They pleaded not guilty to the information. McCracken, tried separately, was found guilty and has appealed from the judgment entered upon the jury’s verdict. Upon motion of the county attorney the case was dismissed as to Hickey and Music.

The evidence shows that the animal described in the information, a sorrel gelding branded MA on the right shoulder, the property of Amos Burnside, was seen by its owner on the open range near the Burnside ranch in Carter county, Montana, about Christmas, 1930; and it tends to…