State v. Houp

A jury found defendant guilty of larceny. He contends on appeal that the evidence is insufficient to sustain the finding.

A white trailer owned by Melvin Kastanek for transportation of grain had been stolen from Rapid Service Parking at Twenty-seventh Street and Cornhusker Highway, Lincoln, Nebraska. The trailer which had been seen there at 2 a.m., Saturday, October 29, 1966, was missing at 4 a.m. During the night, but prior to 4 a.m., someone had parked an old, red trailer with a Missouri license plate on the lot.

Defendant on two occasions had driven a truck-tractor with Florida license…