Horn v. State

This is an appeal from a conviction of the larceny of a cow. The indictment described the cow simply as the “property of Walter Brown” and set forth that a more perfect description thereof was to the grand jurors unknown. The evidence discloses that the cow while owned by Walker Brown was sold, or agreed to be sold, by him to another, who made him a partial payment thereon and left the cow in his possession for delivery to the purchaser when the balance of the purchase price should be paid. The cow was in Brown’s possession when stolen.

The appellant’s complaints are: First, that there is a…