Case Name: The State, Plaintiff in Error, v. Clifton, Defendant in Error
Court: Supreme Court of Missouri
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 1857-01
Citations: 24 Mo. 376
Docket Number: 
Parties: The State, Plaintiff in Error, v. Clifton, Defendant in Error.
Judges: 
Reporter: Missouri Reports
Volume: 24
Pages: 376–377

Head Matter:
The State, Plaintiff in Error, v. Clifton, Defendant in Error.
X. Mares are cattle within section 57 of article 3 of the act concerning Crimes and Punishments. (R. C. 1845, p. 364.)
Error to Chariton Circuit Court.
Ewing, (attorney general,) for the State.
Harris, for defendant in error.

Opinion:
Scott, Judge,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an indictment under the 57th section of the 3d article of the act concerning Crimes and Punishments, which enacts that, "if any person shall wilfully and maliciously kill, maim or wound any cattle of another, he shall, on conviction, be punished," &e. The indictment charges that the defendant, on tbe-day of-, at, &c., certain cattle, to-wit, one mare, &c. Tbe case of tbe State v. Hambleton, 22 Mo. 452, settles tbat borses or mares are cattle within tbe meaning of tbe section under wbicb this indictment is framed. We think the section of the act preceding the 57th makes this matter plain.
The other judges concurring, tbe judgment will be reversed, and tbe cause remanded.