Hays v. State

Appellant was convicted of grand larceny in the stealing of one yearling of the value of one hundred dollars and sentenced to the state penitentiary for three years.

On this appeal he says the evidence did not establish a crime aliunde confessions. The rule in this state is that the proof, without the confession, need show only the probability that a crime has been committed. Yates v. State, 172 Miss. 581, 161 So. 147; Anderson v. State, 184 Miss. 892, 186 So. 836; Greenlee v. State, 188 Miss. 387, 195 So. 312; Gross v. State, 191 Miss. 383, 2 So. (2d) 818; Ruffin v. State, 205 Miss. 642, 39…