Bugg v. State

The defendant was indicted for the illegal sale of crops under lien, and was convicted. His motion for a new trial was overruled, and he excepts to that judgment.

The controlling question in the ease is raised by the general grounds of the motion for a new trial, and in connection with them we shall deal with the assignment of error contained in the 5th ground, in which it is contended that the court erred in not charging the jury that if the defendant merely lent a part of the cotton which was under lien, intending to satisfy the lien with cotton of equal value, then he would not be guilty.…