State v. Basinger

Appellant was accused by information of the crime of grand larceny, in that he did “steal, take and drive away, one two year old steer,” etc., to which he entered a plea of not guilty. He was found guilty by a jury, but, before pronouncement .of sentence, interposed a motion in arrest of judgment upon the ground that the information failed to state a public offense in that it did not charge him with “feloniously” stealing the animal in question. The motion was overruled and appellant was sentenced to serve a term of imprisonment in the state penitentiary. He appeals from the judgment of…