State v. Priestley

LARSON, Justice.

Defendant was tried in the District Court of Wasatch County for the larceny of a sheep. From a judgment of conviction he appeals. Two points are involved in this appeal: (1) Was there sufficient evidence of the larceny to submit the case to the jury and to support the verdict? (2) Did the trial court err in denying defendant’s motion for a new trial supported by the affidavits of the eight jurors who tried the cáse to the effect that the verdict of guilty with a recommendation of leniency was a compromise verdict?(1) Defendant’s guilt of larceny of the sheep was under the…