Fairchild v. State

ROBERTSON, Justice:

Appellant, Joseph E. Fairchild, was indicted and convicted in the Circuit Court of Copiah County, Mississippi, of the crime of embezzlement and sentenced to serve a term of two years in the State Penitentiary.

Appellant assigned seven errors, which he contends were committed by the trial court. Our decision on the first assignment of error, which was that the court erred in refusing to instruct the jury to find the defendant “Not Guilty”, will dispose of this case.

Fairchild, after 20 years service in the Marine Corps, retired on September 19, 1970, and returned to Crystal…