Sorrells v. State

Ethridge, J.,

'delivered the opinion of the court.

Appellant was indicted, tried, and convicted for stealing a bale-of cotton and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of three years, from which judgment he prosecutes this appeal.

The evidence shows that one W. F. Whitehead sold to S. S. Dale & Sons, a corporation, five bales of, cotton. The cotton was ginned at a gin at Prentiss, Miss., in which town Dale & Sons did business. The cotton was sold on sample and was -delivered to the railroad company at the station, being placed on the platform. The bale of cotton in question was a…