Calvert v. State

Plaintiff in error, Cleve Calvert, was tried and convicted at the October, 1911, term of the district court of Carter county on a charge of larceny of domestic animals, and his punishment fixed at imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a period of one year. The proof upon the part of the state tends to show that W. W. Means was living at Plewitt, and was the owner of a pale red heifer calf running on the range near said town; that the plaintiff in error, Calvert, stole the calf, as alleged in the information, changed the mark, and branded it, but did not use his regular brand. After…