Bullock v. State

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Ernest Bullock, Eugene Bullock, and Rayvon Holloway have been jointly tried and convicted of cattle theft in the Circuit Court of Lincoln County, Mississippi. Each Defendant has received a three year sentence with two years suspended and five years probation. The case presents the question whether confessions made by each defendant plus one beef ham observed in their possession are sufficient to sustain the convictions.

Defendants are charged with the larceny of a cow allegedly belonging to C.C. Clark of Lincoln County. They were seen with a home butchered beef ham weighing approximately 65…