Chairs v. State
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM SHELBY, Appeal from tbe Criminal Court of Shelby County.— Jno. T. Moss, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Neil
Plaintiff in error was indicted in the criminal court of Shelby county for larceny from the person of Mrs. A. L. Lovelace. He was convicted and sentenced to serve a term of five years in the State penitentiary, under our statute upon that, subject, and has appealed to this court and assigned errors.
One of the errors assigned is that-the verdict is not sustained by the evidence.
Mrs. Lovelace testified that as she was walking along on one of the streets of Memphis, after night, and passing the mouth of an alley, á man snatched her purse from her hand, and ran into the alley; that she followed,…
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