State v. Ferron

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

Ed Ferron was convicted under R. S. 58-318, •upon a charge that he had concealed and disposed of a Ford coupe and twenty acres of wheat without the consent of the mortgagee and with intent to defraud him. Defendant appeals.

The case has the unique feature that the court submitted special questions of fact to the jury upon which findings were made. It is the first instance in this state of submitting special questions in a criminal case which has come to the attention of the writer; how*846ever, neither party is complaining of the submission…