McWhorter v. State

The defendant was indicted under section 7342 of the Code, and was tried and convicted for selling or removing six bales of cotton, with the purpose of hindering, delaying, or defrauding one Lewis Tatum, who claimed to have a lien on said cotton for rent and advances due to' him by the defendant. It was contended by the state that the said Lewis Tatum had rented the lands from his mother, Mrs. Martha Tatum, and had sub-rented the same land or a portion thereof to the defendant, and also had made certain advances to the defendant in money, and otherwise to enable him to make a crop. It was…