Jones v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to Lauderdale circuit court. Watts, J. William Jones, the accused, was indicted in. the.circuit court of Lauderdale county, for stealing a saddle, the property of William C. Burton.
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Error to Lauderdale circuit court. Watts, J. William Jones, the accused, was indicted in. the.circuit court of Lauderdale county, for stealing a saddle, the property of William C. Burton. It was proven that the saddle was found in the house of Elijah C. Jones, some time in May, 1853, but it had been taken from the shop of Burton, in December, 1852, and it was proven that William Jones, the accused, brought the saddle to the house of E. C. Jones in the month of July or August, 1852. The defendant proved that he was an honest man, and had heretofore sustained a good reputation in the community…
1Opinion of the Court
Handy, J.:
Apart from the testimony of the witness, Sarah Jones, the only proof of the larceny in this case consists of the evidence that the article lost was found in the possession of the accused. That witness, it is true, states that the accused brought the article to the house where he resided. But she proves that this took place several months before the property is proved to have been lost by the owner; and if her testimony could have any weight, it must have produced an acquittal.
The evidence shows that the goods were not found in the possession of the accused until the lapse of five or…
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