Williams v. State

PRICE, Judge.

The indictment charged defendant with removing or selling two bales of cotton and two tons of peanuts with the purpose of hindering, delaying or defrauding one Yates C. Willoughby, who is alleged to have had a lawful and valid claim thereto, under a written instrument, lien created by law for rent and advances, or other lawful and valid claim, verbal or written. Title 14, Section 363, Code 1940.

To sustain a conviction of the offense with which defendant was charged, the state was required to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that C. Yates Willoughby had a lawful and valid claim to…