State v. Crummitt

This case has an unusual history. It was first submitted to this Court at the January term, 1946, and decided on March 3 following. The two questions involved, then as now, were: (1) The sufficiency of the warrant on which defendant was convicted, and (2) the evidence upon which such conviction was had. The majority of the Court, one Judge dissenting, held that the warrant was insufficient, because it failed to charge the continuing element inherent in the offense alleged, and was fatally defective; and also held that the evidence produced at the trial was insufficient to sustain the jury's…