State v. Campbell
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Barry Circuit Court. — Hon. Joseph Cravens, Judge. (1) There was no evidence to show that the cow was ever stolen by anyone.
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Appeal from Barry Circuit Court. — Hon. Joseph Cravens, Judge. (1) There was no evidence to show that the cow was ever stolen by anyone. The evidence tends to show that there was a cow that might have been Rodgers’ running around defendant’s premises from April till November, 1889. The evidence further tends to show that the defendant bought such a cow from a man by the name of Fisher, but failed to show that she ever made any disposition of said cow in any manner, but upon the contrary it tends to show that a man by the name of Waters, with which the defendant had no connection whatever,…
1Opinion of the CourtMacfarlane, J.
Defendant was jointly indicted with one E. V. Watson, for the larceny of a cow, the property of Yalentine Rodgers. She was granted a severance, and upon a trial was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for two years, and from the judgment she appealed to this court.
I. Defendant insists, in the first place, that the verdict and sentence were not authorized under the evidence. To this proposition we cannot agree. The evidence shows that the cow strayed away from the owner in the spring of 1889. In November, 1.889, she was taken up and advertised as a stray by Thomas *613Avi…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- State v. WareSupreme Court of Missouri · 1876
- State v. ShermerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1874
- Witt v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1846
3Cited by4 opinions
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- State v. RaderSupreme Court of Missouri · 1914
- State v. PriceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1941
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