State v. Anderton

Defendant was convicted of the crime of grand larceny, the stealing of five sheep the property of Binning Goold, and appeals. The errors assigned are that the verdict is erroneous, that the trial court erred in refusing to direct a verdict of not guilty and in refusing to grant defendant’s motion for a new trial, all on the ground of insufficiency of the evidence, and error also is assigned to the admission of testimony of the changing of brands on sheep belonging to other .parties.

The evidence discloses that during the spring and summer of 1931, John Sallalis was running in the vicinity of…