Roach v. State
Tennessee Supreme Court
EROM WILLIAMSON. At the March Term, 1867, tbe plaintiffs in error were convicted and sentenced to five years imprisonment in tbe penitentiary, and appealed to this Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Harrison J.,
delivered the opinion of the Court. ■
The plaintiffs in error were indicted in the Circuit Court of Williamson County, for grand larceny, and for receiving stolen property, knowing the same to have been stolen. The indictment contained two counts — one for the taking, stealing and conveying away, two bales of cotton, the property of Thomas B. Bond; and a count for receiving the said cotton, knowing it to be stolen.
At the March Term, 1867, the plaintiffs in error were arraigned and charged upon the .indictment, and entered a plea of not guilty. The jury returned' a verdict of guilty…
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