State v. Patterson

In the Circuit Court of Platte County, Missouri, an information was filed charging the appellant with grand larceny in that he stole a row boat, two oars and two fishing nets, the personal property of one Fines Dewey, alias Frank Blake. After spending eleven months in jail, the appellant was tried and convicted and his punishment assessed at four years in the State penitentiary. From that sentence he has duly appealed.

Fines Dewey, alias Frank Blake (hereafter referred to as Frank Blake), and the appellant were fishermen and for several years lived near the junction of the Platte and the…