Williams v. State

Taylor, C. J.:

The plaintiff in error was convicted at the spring term, 1898, of the Circuit Court of DeSoto county, of the crime of larceny of cattle, and from the sentence imposed seeks relief here by writ of error.

At the trial the judge, among other things, instructed the jury as follows: “That when'a man is found in possession of stolen cattle, with the mark or brand changed into his, or with his mark or brand on the cattle, in the absence of a reasonable and credible explanation of those facts, you may infer that he stole them.” This charge was duly excepted to and is assigned as error.…