State v. Detonancour

This is an appeal by defendants from a judgment of conviction of the crime of grand larceny and from an order denying their motion for new trial. The specifications of error raise several points for consideration. The first point relied upon is that the court erred in denying their motion for nonsuit. This motion attempts to raise the question of the sufficiency of the evidence to justify submission of the ease to the jury.

The evidence is circumstantial. The substance of the evidence is that shortly after noon on the 14th day of October, 1939, the defendants, who live in Missoula, went in two…