Pappas v. State

Mr. Gholsen, Special Judge,

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called the defendant, was convicted of removing beyond the limits of the State of Tennessee personal property, the title to which had been retained in another at the time of his purchase thereof, without the consent of the seller of said personal property in writing. He has appealed and assigned errors.

It is shown that the property described in the indictment was purchased by the defendant by a written contract of conditional sale, which expressly prohibited the defendant from removing the…