Wilborne v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to the circuit court of Monroe county. Ephraim E. Wilbome was indicted for grand larceny; the indictment contained two counts; the first charged him with feloniously stealing, taking, and carrying away, one gray mare, value seventy dollars; saddle, value ten dollars, money, banknotes, and other articles. The second connt charged him with stealing, etc., one promissory note for $2,200, etc. The verdict of the jury was as follows: “We the jury find the defendant guilty.”
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Error to the circuit court of Monroe county. Ephraim E. Wilbome was indicted for grand larceny; the indictment contained two counts; the first charged him with feloniously stealing, taking, and carrying away, one gray mare, value seventy dollars; saddle, value ten dollars, money, banknotes, and other articles. The second connt charged him with stealing, etc., one promissory note for $2,200, etc. The verdict of the jury was as follows: “We the jury find the defendant guilty.” The defendant moved in arrest of judgment, but it was overruled, and the prisoner was sentenced to a term of five years…
1Opinion of the Court
Thacher, J.:
This was an indictment for larceny, preferred in the circuit court of Monroe county. The indictment contained two counts, the first for the larceny of a gray mare of the value of seventy dollars, a saddle of the value of ten dollars, a bridle of the value of one dollar, a saddle-blanket of the value of one dollar, ten dollars in specie, and a bank-note for ten dollars; the second count was for the larceny of a promissory note for the sum of twenty-two hundred dollars. The jury found a verdict of guilty; without assessing any value to the property or any portion of it charged to…
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