State v. Woolsey

The record presents a single question, to wit: Does the evidence warrant the verdict ? The testimony establishing the circumstances of the offense is quite brief. It shows that the horses were stolen from the!pasture of the owner, on the night of Monday the 23d of May, 1870. On the Thursday following, Sheehan, Deputy U. S. Mar*244shal for Minnesota, saw Lightfoot, in company with another, about three and one-half miles west of Albert Lea, Freeborn Co., Minnesota, driving the stolen horses to a buggy. The defendant, Woolsey, accompanied them, riding a pony, and leading a brown mustang pony. They…