Case Name: Thomas Ben RICHARDSON, Plaintiff in Error, v. The STATE of Oklahoma, Defendant in Error
Court: Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Oklahoma
Decision Date: 1957-03-20
Citations: 309 P.2d 741
Docket Number: No. A-12413
Parties: Thomas Ben RICHARDSON, Plaintiff in Error, v. The STATE of Oklahoma, Defendant in Error.
Judges: BRETT, P. J., and NIX, J., concur.
Reporter: Pacific Reporter 2d
Volume: 309
Pages: 741–741

Head Matter:
Thomas Ben RICHARDSON, Plaintiff in Error, v. The STATE of Oklahoma, Defendant in Error.
No. A-12413.
Criminal Court of Appeals of Oklahoma.
March 20, 1957.
Rehearing Denied April 10, 1957.
Second Petition for Rehearing Denied April 17, 1957.
William N. Mounger, Oklahoma City, for plaintiff in error.
Mac Q. Williamson, Atty. Gen., Sam H. Lattimore, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant in error.

Opinion:
POWELL, Judge.
Thomas Ben Richardson was charged by information filed in the district court of Logan County with the crime of larceny of domestic animals, was tried before a jury, and a verdict of guilty was returned, but the jury being unable to agree upon the punishment to be assessed, left that to the court, who assessed a penalty of seven years confinement in the penitentiary.
The record was filed in this court on October 31, 1956, and a brief was due within thirty days thereafter. No brief has ever been filed. Nevertheless, the case was set for oral argument on the March 6, 1957 docket. No one appeared in the case.
The petition in error is simply to the effect that the verdict is contrary to law, and that the punishment is excessive.
We have read the entire record, and find no error. * The evidence was overwhelming that defendant stole ten head of cattle, the property of C. H. Trotter, and received for them a check in the amount of $733.22 from the National Livestock Commission Company.
Finding no error in the record, the judgment of conviction must be, and is affirmed. Arnold v. State, 71 Okl.Cr. 166, 110 P.2d 309; Patterson v. State, 97 OkL Cr. 252, 261 P.2d 903.
BRETT, P. J., and NIX, J., concur.