State v. Walker
| Citation | 119 Mo. 467,24 S.W. 1011 |
| Parties | STATE v. WALKER. |
| Decision Date | 31 January 1894 |
| Court | United States State Supreme Court of Missouri |
Appeal from circuit court, Scotland county; Ben. E. Turner, Judge.
George Walker was convicted of larceny, and appeals. Reversed.
Chas. L. Moore, for appellant. R. F. Walker, Atty. Gen., for the State.
Defendant was indicted at the August term, 1891, of the circuit court of Scotland county, for grand larceny. He was apprehended in Iowa, and returned to this state on a requisition of the governor. He was tried at the August term, 1893, and convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary for two years.
1. The record shows no arraignment, and the cause must be reversed and remanded. It would be well if prosecuting attorneys would examine the transcripts in all criminal cases, and see that this error does not occur again.
2. There was no error in proving the actual value of the brood sows alleged to have been stolen, in the absence of a market price for this character of animals.
3. There was no error in instructing the jury for petit larceny, as the great weight of the evidence tended to show the hogs were worth less than $30. It was entirely competent to try defendant for that offense, notwithstanding his extradition for grand larceny. State v. Patterson, (Mo. Sup.) 22 S. W. 696; Lascelles v. State, (Ga.) 16 S. E. 945, 13 Sup. Ct. 687.
The cause is reversed and remanded, solely because there is no record of arraignment, and the prisoner will be remanded from the custody of the warden of the penitentiary to that of the sheriff of Scotland county, to await further action of the circuit court of said county. All concur.
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