Goodnight v. State

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, was charged with the larceny of domestic fowls, one turkey gobbler; was tried, convicted, and sentenced to serve a year in the state penitentiary, and has appealed to this court.

The testimony on behalf of the state in substance is that Mrs. Mary Sons, who lived southeast of Boswell, Okla., was the owner of some turkeys. She was working] in town and left her property, including her turkeys, in charge of Fred Karkkendall at her home place. Among the turkeys was a mammoth bronze gobbler; this gobbler was missed from her flock of…