State v. Day

i. criminal verdictr:Cevi-’ port® °sup The property which the defendant was charged with stealing consisted of two horses, a halter and a bridle, belonging to one Cook. The property was taken from Cook’s stable eleven or twelve miles northwest of Des Moines, between seven and twelve o’clock at night, and found a short time' before day break on the road to Des Moines and about four miles therefrom. Upon one of the horses was found a saddle belonging to one of Cook’s neighbors. The defendant, at the time of the alleged larceny, was camping with his wife in the outskirts of Des Moines. He had…