Golden v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Nuxubee County. Hon. W. M. Rogers, Judge. The case is stated in the opinion of the court. The jury was misled by the action of the court in modifying the first charge asked in behalf of defendant. That charge, as asked, tvas a correct enunciation of law applicable to the case, and the court erred to the prejudice of appellant in refusing it as asked, and in the modification of it.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Nuxubee County. Hon. W. M. Rogers, Judge. The case is stated in the opinion of the court. The jury was misled by the action of the court in modifying the first charge asked in behalf of defendant. That charge, as asked, tvas a correct enunciation of law applicable to the case, and the court erred to the prejudice of appellant in refusing it as asked, and in the modification of it. That modification virtually excluded from the consideration of the jury the theory of defendant, to wit: That the cow had died, the buzzards had taken possession of her carcass, and…
1Opinion of the CourtCooper, C. J.
Section'2901 of the code declares that “ Every person who shall be convicted of taking and carrying away, feloniously, the personal property of another, of the value of ten dollars or more, shall be guilty of grand larceny, and shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary for a term not exceeding five years; but it shall be grand larceny to take and carry away, feloniously, any of the kind of horned cattle, or sAvine, or sheep, or goats, of any value.” Petit larceny consists in the stealing of property of less value than ten dollars, and is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for a term…
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