Bohannon v. State

The defendant was indicted for having, with the intent to hinder, delay, or defraud the Union Fertilizer Company, a corporation who had a valid claim thereto, under a written instrument, did sell four bales of cotton, the defendant having at the time a knowledge of the existence of such claim.

The proof of the corpus delicti included the execution of a mortgage; the raising of the cotton included in the mortgage by defendant or for him and the sale of four bales of the cotton so raised, without the consent of the mortgagee. Over the timely objection of defendant, the state was allowed to make…