State v. Craig

OPINION OP THE COURT

PARKER, J.

John T. Craig was convicted of larceny of neat cattle and appeals. The evidence of the state showed that the appellant, on three or four separate occasions, drove a number of young calves from the Venable and Koenig pastures, in S.an Miguel county, to the Webber pasture, in Mora county. The calves were then placed in a corral at the Webber ranch, and several days later were branded by appellant with A slash brand and then turned into the open pasture. The foreman of the grand jury which preferred the indictment testified that the grand jury endeavored without…