Thomas v. State

Jake Thomas was convicted in the Circuit Court of Humphreys County on a charge of receiving stolen property and sentenced to five years’ imprisonment. From this judgment he appeals here.

There is little, if any, dispute as to the material facts. The defendant testified that one Roosevelt Parker approached him to borrow some money, and that he told him he needed his money for purchasing fertilizer. Whereupon Parker advised him he could get him all the fertilizer he wanted at Silver City. Defendant says he then asked if it was “straight”, and Parker told him that it was. A price of $40 per ton…