Holt v. State

Jack Holt, Ira Roberts and John Sharp' "Ware were indicted in the Circuit Court of Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, on a charge that on the 17th day of October, 1938, they did then and there unlawfully and feloniously, take, steal and carry away, the sum of $1,500 in good and legal money of the United States of America, same being the personal property of W. E. McClain, contrary to the form of the statute in such cases made and provided and against the decency and dignity of the State of Mississippi.

There was a severance and each of the defendants were tried separately. Jack Holt was convicted…