State v. Smith

Appellant was convicted of the crime of grand larceny of neat cattle in the circuit court of Lincoln County, Missouri, and his punishment was assessed at two years’ imprisonment in the state penitentiary. From that judgment and sentence he has duly appealed.

The evidence discloses that two white-faced muley heifers weighing between 700 and 750 pounds had strayed from the farm of George Nassar on December 5, 1943. George Nassar, the owner of these two heifers, saw them on his farm on December 5, 1943, and he’ missed them from his farm on December 8, 1943. The state had testimony that these two…