Territory of New Mexico v. Valles

Citations

• 15 N.M. 228

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS.</p> <p>1. Where the owner of stolen property is deceased, an indictment for larceny should lay the ownership in his repre-, sentatives and not in his estate.</p> <p>2. An indictment charging the larceny of one mule of the property of Matías Contreras, administrator, etc.,' sufficiently describes the stolen property.</p> <p>3. . It is equally as competent to establish, the identity of a stolen animal by a brand, as by its color or by any distinguishing mark.</p> <p>4. In a trial for the larceny of a mule, testimony that tended to establish the identity of the mule, the ownership by the prosecuting witness as administrator and the possession of the mule by the defendant was enough to make out a prima facie ease of guilt.</p>