Pearce v. State

Dick Pearce, defendant in the trial court, was by verdict of a jury found guilty of the larceny of live stock, with his punishment fixed at imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of two years. From the judgment on the verdict he appeals, assigning as error that the instructions of the court were insufficient and that the evidence is not sufficient to support the verdict.

The proof is conclusive that soon after the taking the defendant was in possession of the live stock in question; that he had driven the cattle some distance in the nighttime; that he disposed of the cattle to another;…