Smith v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to the Circuit Court of Nankin County. Hon. A. Gr. Maters, Judge. The plaintiff in error was convicted of obtaining goods under false pretenses, from Busick, Stevens & Co., merchants, of the town of Brandon, in Bautin County. On the trial, S. J. Mosely was presented for a juror, and, after being examined and pronounced competent by the court, he was accepted by the defendant. But after this the court reexamined him and' ordered him to stand asidé.
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Error to the Circuit Court of Nankin County. Hon. A. Gr. Maters, Judge. The plaintiff in error was convicted of obtaining goods under false pretenses, from Busick, Stevens & Co., merchants, of the town of Brandon, in Bautin County. On the trial, S. J. Mosely was presented for a juror, and, after being examined and pronounced competent by the court, he was accepted by the defendant. But after this the court reexamined him and' ordered him to stand asidé. B. H. McKinney, a merchant of the town of Morton, in Scott County, testified that the defendant had bought goods from him on August 8, 1876,…
1Opinion of the CourtChalmers, J.
The plaintiff in error was convicted in the Circuit Court of Nankin County of obtaining goods under false pretenses, and sentenced to three years’ confinement in the penitentiary.
The false pretenses alleged were four in number : first, that he had a good crop ; second, that he had, or would make, seven or eight bales of cotton ; third, that he had traded with no one during the year ; fourth, that he owed no debts, save one to the party to whom he made the representations, and another debt of $20 to a person in Trenton, Smith County, in which county he lived.
As to the first statement, to wit,…
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