Fletcher v. State

Appellant, E. L. Fletcher, was indicted, tried, and convicted of grand larceny in the stealing of a Guernsey heifer from G. B. Walker, and was sentenced to serve three years in the state penitentiary.

G. B. Walker was the owner of a herd of Guernsey, registered, cattle, and the heifer stolen was about two years old, and was valued at two hundred dollars.

On the morning of May 22, 1933, this heifer was found by Lewis Taylor, a butcher in Greenville, Mississippi, tied to the fence of his slaughter pen. As cattle were frequently brought there for slaughter, he took the heifer and placed her in his…