State v. Hickle

MORGAN, Justice.

The question presented on this appeal is whether one who steals tires in Weston County, Wyoming, and brings them into Butte County, South Dakota, is subject to *827prosecution for larceny in the latter jurisdiction, and, if so, which state’s laws define the criminal character of the act.

Two Michelen tires, worth about $385.00, were stolen from a shop in Wyoming. They were identified by the owner at a service station in Belle Fourche, South Dakota. The service station owner identified the appellant as the one who had sold the tires to him, and qpon apprehension appellant admitted…