Manning v. State

Plaintiff in error, John Manning, was informed against, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Putnam County, Florida, for the larceny of three heifers, property of T. PI. Hilliard, and was sentenced to the State penitentiary at hard labor for a period of two years. From the judgment of conviction he has perfected his appeal to this Court and seeks a reversal of the judgment entered against him on a number of grounds.

The record shows that the three heifers of T. H. Hilliard ranged upon the common range of Putnam County, Florida, near the home of the owner. The three heifers and two cows…