State v. Willard

The appellant was convicted of grand larceny in the circuit court of Stoddard county for stealing a cow belonging to Carrott Moss, and his punishment assessed by the jury at two years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. He assigns error: (1) on the trial court’s refusal to discharge the jury because of improper statements, questions and argument by counsel for the State in the presence of the jury panel and the jury; (2) on the giving of improper instructions; (3) 'on the admission of irrelevant and incompetent testimony; (4) and because the State’s evidence was insufficient to make a prima…