Halbert v. State

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the district court of Canadian county for the larceny of domestic fowls in the nighttime, and his punishment fixed at imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of 5 years.

Briefly stated, it appears from the record that on the night of April 7, 1924, a number of chickens was stolen from the hen house of Otto Griffin, said hen house was 25 or 30 yards from the residence, fenced in, and on the premises of the dwelling house. Griffin discovered his loss the next morning, and, upon search, found the tracks of two men, and the…