State v. Kagi

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Porter, J.:

The appellant was convicted of grand larceny in stealing and carrying away a Holstein calf, about one day old, which was the property of A.' W. Garvin.

The contention that the court erred in refusing a change of venue is not sustained by the record. The attempt to show prejudice against the appellant in the minds of the inhabitants of Douglas county was so weak that the state offered no *537counter-evidence. It consisted of affidavit's of two persons who stated that they had heard other persons speak of the appellant as a “crook,” from which they…