Kent v. State

CARR, Judge.

The indictment in this case charges the offense of disposing of property on which there was a valid lien. Title 14, Sec. 363, Code 1940.

The property involved is one bale of cotton on which a landlord had a lien for rent. It is without dispute in the evidence that the cotton in question was raised on the rented farm.

The defendant testified that he carried the cotton to the gin, but never did see it or possess it in any manner after delivering it to the ginner to be baled. In other words, he denied that he sold or otherwise disposed of the property.

A warehouseman testified that on…