Davis v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error, to the Circuit of Noxubee County. Hon. J. A. Orr, Judge. The facts in the case are fully stated, in the opinion of the court and briefs of counsel. The following are assigned for error: 1. Because the jury found contrary to the law and the evidence. 2. Because the court erred in giving the 2d and 8d charges asked for by the state. 3. Because the court erred in giving a qualification to defendant’s charges. 4. Because the court erred in overruling defendant’s charges.
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Error, to the Circuit of Noxubee County. Hon. J. A. Orr, Judge. The facts in the case are fully stated, in the opinion of the court and briefs of counsel. The following are assigned for error: 1. Because the jury found contrary to the law and the evidence. 2. Because the court erred in giving the 2d and 8d charges asked for by the state. 3. Because the court erred in giving a qualification to defendant’s charges. 4. Because the court erred in overruling defendant’s charges. The plaintiff m error assigns the following causes why the judgment of the circuit court of Noxubee county should be…
1Opinion of the Court
Tarbell, J,
delivered the opinion of the court:
The plaintiff in error was indicted, tried and convicted of the1 crime of larceny. The indictment charged goods stolen from the storehouse of Thos. G. Phillips of Macon. Several months after the loss, Mr. P. saw the accused in a suit of clothes made of goods resembling his stock. The accused said he bought the cloth or the]suit at the “ N. O. Cheap Gash Store” in Macon. Mr. P. tes-, tiffed on ¡he ¡rial, that he went to store named and there was no such goods there. He also testified, that he called at a tailor’s shop in Macon, where he found…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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