Johnson v. State

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Humphreys County, wherein the appellant was tried and convicted on an affidavit charging him with petit larceny, and sentenced to serve a term of 90' days in jail and pay a fine of $500 and costs.

The case originated in the Court of C. F. Walker, a Justice of the Peace of the First District of Humphreys County. Upon conviction in that court, the appellant appealed to the circuit court, where the case was tried de novo. In the circuit court, it was necessary, of course, to prove that the offense was committed in the First Supervisor’s District of…