State v. McNaughtan’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. ““We have considered all the cases'cited by defendant, and we find none where it was held insufficient to show intent to steal where there was evidence tending to show that defendant did mark as his what the jury could readily infer he must have known was not his. In State v. Chynoweth, 41 Utah 354 , 126 P. 302 , the calf which was branded by defendant had no marks on it. Moreover, there was evidence of statements made by and conduct of the defendant in the presence of those at the corral when he was accused of being a ‘sheep thief,’ and statements made by him to Wm. H. Siddoway, which had some tendency, taken with the remainder of the testimony, to show that he was guilty.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Jarrett