Ridgel v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Drew Circuit Court; H. W. Wells, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The appellant was convicted of the crime of grand larceny, the indictment alleging that he “did feloniously steal, take and carry away one dark Jersey bull,” the property of T. A. McCandless. The evidence shows that McCandless lost a “shabby heavy-set yearling, with long hair,” the calf of a cow that was “part Durham and part Jersey.
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Appeal from Drew Circuit Court; H. W. Wells, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The appellant was convicted of the crime of grand larceny, the indictment alleging that he “did feloniously steal, take and carry away one dark Jersey bull,” the property of T. A. McCandless. The evidence shows that McCandless lost a “shabby heavy-set yearling, with long hair,” the calf of a cow that was “part Durham and part Jersey. The* yearling was running in the field that Leander’s house was in, and did not run on the outside. ’ ’ One witness described it as a “yellow Jersey yearling.” Lee Chatham testified as…
1Opinion of the Court
Wood, J.,
(after stating the facts). 1. The appellant himself testified that the yearling he sold Chatham was “a little old red-looking thing—kind of Jersey looking yearling.” The testimony of appellant, in connection with the testimony of the other witnesses, was sufficient to show that the animal which he sold to Chatham and which he is alleged to have stolen, was a “dark Jersey bull.” The term darle describes no particular or distinctive color. It could be used in connection with any of .the primary colors. It simply means a deep shade of color; which expresses the absence of light shade of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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