McAdams v. State
Wyoming Supreme Court
Error to the District Court, Weston County; Hon. Carroll H. ParmRliJE, Judge. William McAdams was convicted of the crime of larceny and brings error. The facts are stated in the opinion. The information did not state a crime punishable by the laws of the state.
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Error to the District Court, Weston County; Hon. Carroll H. ParmRliJE, Judge. William McAdams was convicted of the crime of larceny and brings error. The facts are stated in the opinion. The information did not state a crime punishable by the laws of the state. The witness, Yemington, by his own admissions, was an accomplice and his testimony was not corroborated upon any material fact essential to constitute the crime of larceny; there was no proof that the taking by defendant was with felonious intent to steal. Yemington delivered the property to defendant upon a public highway in the…
1Opinion of the Court
Scott, Justice.
William McAdams, who was defendant below, was charged and convicted of the crime of the larceny of two horses of value, and which the jury found to be of the value of forty dollars, the personal property of Elizabeth Thompson, and brings error.
1. It is contended that the evidence is insufficient to support the verdict, and that the court erred in overruling *297defendant’s motion for a directed verdict. In support of this contention it is argued that the evidence upon which the state relied for a conviction, in so far as any material fact or essential ingredient of the crime…
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