Wince v. State

The appellant, Tom Wince, was jointly indicted with Abe Johnson in the Circuit Court of Warren County on a charge of grand larceny. Appellant was placed on trial after a severance and was convicted by a jury and sentenced to serve a term of four years in the state penitentiary, from which conviction he appeals to this Court.

The larceny charged was from the store of the Valley Dry Goods Company, a Mississippi corporation, domiciled in Vicksburg, Mississippi. There were five floors in said store and on the fifth floor was a storeroom containing goods. Abe Johnson was employed in the storeroom…