State v. Bjelkstrom

Upon an information duly filed, the plaintiff in error was convicted and sentenced for the crime of grand larceny, and the case is before us on a writ of error to the circuit court of Stanley county. The plaintiff in error, whom we shall in the future designate as the accused, has assigned numerous errors alleged to have been committed by the court in the admission and rejection of evidence, refusal of the court to direct a verdict in his favor, and in the court’s instructions to the jury.

The crime charged in the information is the larceny of a certain colt alleged to be the property of one…