Roland v. People

Lou A. Roland was informed against in the district court of Otero county for the crime of larceny. The information contained two counts. The first count charged him with the larceny of one heifer, of the value of $15.00, the property of Towers Brothers. The second count charged him with the larceny of one heifer, of the value of $15.00, the personal property “ of some person, the owner of which to said district attorney is unknown.” The case was first tried at the April term, 1894. Upon this trial the. court, inter alia, instructed the jury as follows :

“The court instructs the jury that upon…