Jackson v. State

Appellant, Homer Colston, and Essie Colston were jointly indicted in the circuit court of Forrest county of the crime of grand larceny in the theft of a Ford automobile. Appellant was granted a severance and was tried separately and convicted and sentenced to a term of three years in the state penitentiary. From that judgment, he prosecutes this appeal.

Appellant raised the question by demurrer as to whether the indictment sufficiently described the automobile. He contends that the description failed to meet the provisions of section 26 of the constitution which requires that the defendant…