Smith v. State

Ethridge, P. J.,

delivered the. opinion of the court.

The appellant was indicted on the charge of burglary and larceny of certain merchandise from an Illinois Central Railroad Company’s car in the city of Jackson, Mississippi, and was convicted and sentenced to serve two years in the state penitentiary, from which conviction this appeal is prosecuted.

When the detective who had charge of the matter sought to arrest the appellant, he resisted and was shot by the officer; the wound being a ñesh wound. He attempted then to escape, was caught, and confessed to the robbery, implicating another. He…