Dedeaux v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court of Stone county. If ox. D. M. Graham, Judge. Elmer Dedeaux was convicted of larceny of sbeep, and be appeals.
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Appeal from circuit court of Stone county. If ox. D. M. Graham, Judge. Elmer Dedeaux was convicted of larceny of sbeep, and be appeals. Tbe attorney-general, in bis last brief in this case, cites tbe following, taken from tbe case of Orockford v. State, 73 Neb. 1, to-wit: “Tbe taking by one not tbe owner, into bis possession, a calf running at large, with intent to convert it to bis own use and deprive tbe owner of bis property without his consent, constitutes tbe crime of actual stealing within tbe statute.” When this case is read, it will be found to be binding-authority for appellant’s…
1Opinion of the CourtW. H. Cook, J.
Appellant, Elmer Dedeaux, together wdth his two brothers, was indicted for the larceny of five sheep, the property of L. W. Ladnier. There was a severance, and upon the trial of appellant he ivas convicted and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for tvro years, and from this conviction and sentence this appeal was prosecuted.
For a reversal of this cause appellant relies principally upon three grounds, and the facts necessary to an under*334standing of the questions presented for decision are substantially as follows: The codefendants, Ellis and Elvis Dedeaux, resided witli tbeir father…
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