Wheeler v. State

1. In an indictment for cattle-stealing the following description of the animal alleged to have been stolen is sufficient, namely: “A certain black and white milk cow of the value of $25, of the personal goods of W. G-. Aeree.” “It is a matter of common knowledge, of which the court- will take judicial cognizance, that a cow is a female animal, is a horned animal, and has cloven hoofs; and . . the larceny of a cow is therefore' within the purview of section 159 of the Penal Code” (of 1895); Penal Code of 1910, § 156; Gibson v. State, 7 Ga. App. 692 (2, 3) (67 S. E. 838). The court did not err…