Court Opinion

ID: 5169266
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-02 04:52:03.259583+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:26:00.395967
License: Public Domain

SULLIVAN, J.
The defendant was convicted of the crime •of grand larceny and sentenced to a term of six years’ imprisonment. Three errors are assigned: 1. The insufficiency of the evidence to justify the verdict; 2. Admitting certain evidence; 3. In overruling the motion for a new trial.
It is contended by counsel for appellant that the defendant had nothing to do with the cattle, for the larceny of which he was convicted, except to assist in driving them after they had been stolen by others. It appears from the record that the cattle were taken from their range by two other parties and driven some distance before the defendant appeared on the scene and assisted in driving them; that at a certain place near Snake river the defendant went with one of the parties and drove the cattle to a corral about 12 o’clock at night. The next morning they went to work changing the brands; that the defendant assisted in that work. After changing *494the brands they' drove the cattle across Snake river into Oregon.
It is contended by counsel for the defendant that as he did not assist in starting th.e cattle or in taking them from their range, if he is guilty of anything, it is of receiving stolen property. ¥e cannot agree with that contention. Taking the evidence all together, it clearly shows that the defendant knew they were stolen cattle and assisted in driving them away. The evidence is amply sufficient to support the verdict.
It is contended that the court erred in not granting a new trial on the ground of newly discovered evidence. It appears that one of the persons who assisted in stealing the cattle testified against the defendant on the trial, and thereafter made an affidavit to the effect that he had testified falsely on the trial against the defendant. From an examination of that affidavit we are satisfied that there was no error in denying a new trial. As we find no error in the record, the judgment is affirmed.
Stockslager, C. J., and Ailshie, J., concur.