State v. Snider

The defendant was convicted by a jury of the crime of grand larceny in the theft of 56 lambs in Fergus county. He was sentenced to ten years in the state prison, the jury having left the punishment to be fixed by the court. He has appealed from the judgment and the order denying his motion for new trial, specifying eighteen assignments of error.

The first four assignments refer to the insufficiency of the evidence. The next four assignments relate to instructions given the jury, and the next five to instructions refused by the court. The remaining assignments relate to the court’s refusal to…