Jones v. State

The appellant was convicted in the Circuit Court of Neshoba county on a charge of grand larceny, and sen teneed to two years ’ imprisonment in the state penitentiary; from which conviction this appeal is taken.

It appears that the goods here involved were stolen from a store belonging to Mars Brothers, a partnership composed of three persons who are named in the-indictment. On the night of the theft one of the employes of the firm secreted himself in the building when it was closed for the day, being locked inside. At the same time another party, acting under agreement with his accomplice, had…