Hampton v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Lafayette county. Hon. W. A. Roane, Judge. O. 0. Hampton was convicted of embezzlement and appeals. Tbe facts-are fully stated in the opinion of the court. We say that the motion to direct a verdict for appellant because of the fact of the American Express Company being a corporation should have been sustained.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Lafayette county. Hon. W. A. Roane, Judge. O. 0. Hampton was convicted of embezzlement and appeals. Tbe facts-are fully stated in the opinion of the court. We say that the motion to direct a verdict for appellant because of the fact of the American Express Company being a corporation should have been sustained. Certainly this is true unless the district attorney should have availed himself of the right to amend the indictment to conform to the proof unless all precedent shall be ignored; the substantial rights of one charged of a serious offense shall not be…
1Opinion of the CourtAnderson, J.
The appellant, Hampton, was convicted of embezzlement, and sentenced to the penitentiary for three years, from which judgment he appeals to this court.
He is charged with embezzling the funds of the American Express Company. At the time of the alleged embezzlement he had been the agent of that company at Oxford about three years. At about four o’clock on the morning of July 18, 1909, the office of the express company, where appellant was sleeping, was discovered on fire. It was broken into by some parties for the purpose of extinguishing the fire. On entering, the appellant was found lying in…
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