Hopper v. State

J. H. Hopper, plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was indicted and convicted for embezzlement of property belonging* to the Highway Department of Crockett County and was sentenced to serve 11 months and 29 days in the County J ail.

He has appealed and assigned 31 errors some overlapping others. These will be grouped for the purpose of discussion.

*249Before discussing the facts, we will dispose of assignments 1, 6 and 18. They are predicated on the false assumption that each count of an indictment must conclude “against the peace and dignity of the State” (Art. VI, Sec. 12,…