Palmer v. State

William H. Palmer was found guilty of cattle stealing, and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary.

The first assignment of error discussed hy counsel is based upon the failure of the state to show by direct evidence that the stolen steer was taken by defendant without the owner’s consent. The owner was not a witness and had, it would seem, no personal knowledge of the means by which he was deprived of his property. That he did not consent to the taking is a warrantable inference from the evidence. Indeed, no other inference is warrantable. Want of consent in prosecutions for larceny may…