Vigil v. State

— D. Vigil and Pablo Padilla were jointly informed against for the crime of grand larceny. They were tried before a jury, which found Vigil guilty and Padilla not guilty, and, from the verdict and judgment, Vigil has prosecuted this appeal. The offense with which defendants were charged was the killing and stealing of a calf belonging to O. M. LaPrade. Vigil admitted on the stand that he had killed the calf, but claimed that at that time, and on similar previous occasions, he was acting as a “stool pigeon” for the Cattlemen’s Association in an endeavor to break up what was said to be an…