State v. Hauck

The defendant was charged with stealing a rifle scope worth under $20 in violation of a municipal ordinance of the City of Scottsbluff. The case was tried to the District Court without a jury upon a stipulation of facts. The defendant was found guilty and sentenced to pay a fine of $100.

Section 14-201 of the municipal code of the City of Scottsbluff provides: “It is hereby declared unlawful for any person within the City to steal any money, goods or chattels of any kind whatever. Any person who shall within the City steal property of any kind whatever, whether the same be wholly in money or…