TOWNSEND, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) Where the State relies for conviction on circumstantial evidence alone, the proved facts must not only be consistent with the hypothesis of guilt but must exclude every other reasonable hypothesis. The facts in this case are such as to raise a strong suspicion of guilt. Except for the tracks of a barefooted person coming from the defendant's house to the place where the tracks of the cow were located, and returning...
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