Hooper v. State

326 S.W.2d 448 (1959)

J. H. (Billy) HOPPER, Plaintiff in Error,

v.

STATE of Tennessee, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

June 5, 1959.

J. B. Avery, Jr., Alamo, for plaintiff in error.

James M. Glasgow, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

SWEPSTON, Justice.

J. H. Hopper, plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was indicted and convicted for embezzlement of property belonging to the Highway Department of Crockett County and was sentenced to serve 11 months and 29 days in the County Jail.

He has appealed and assigned 31 errors some overlapping others. These will be grouped for the…