Matthews v. State

Glenn Matthews and Horace Eckoff were jointly indicted in the circuit court of the Second judicial district of Jones county, Miss., at the November term, 1926, on the charge of stealing a certain automobile, of the value of four hundred dollars, belonging'to one J. W. O’Bryant.

A. severance was granted on the motion of Eekoff, and the appellant, Matthews, -was placed on trial.

On the trial of the appellant, Eekoff was introduced as a witness and testified that he lived in Greene county; that some months before the stealing of the said car Matthews moved from Laurel into his community; that he…