Manning v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, Forrest county. Hon. R. S. Hall, Judge. Earl Manning was convicted of receiving stolen goods, and sentenced to pay a fine and to confinement in jail, and he appeals. The indictment charges the defendant with receiving stolen goods the property of Gulf & Ship Island E. E. Co., the evidence shows that the railroad did not own the goods in question. If defendant was guilty of anything it was stealing.
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Appeal from circuit court, Forrest county. Hon. R. S. Hall, Judge. Earl Manning was convicted of receiving stolen goods, and sentenced to pay a fine and to confinement in jail, and he appeals. The indictment charges the defendant with receiving stolen goods the property of Gulf & Ship Island E. E. Co., the evidence shows that the railroad did not own the goods in question. If defendant was guilty of anything it was stealing. You can not convict for receiving stolen goods when the evidence shows that the defendant is guilty of larceny. The remarks of witness Massengale that the defendant was…
1Opinion of the CourtAnderson, J.
Appellant, Earl Manning, Avas indicted, tried, and convicted in the circuit court of Forrest county or receiving-stolen goods, and sentenced to pay a fine of two hundred dollars and to confinement in the county jail for six months, from Avhieh judgment he prosecutes'this appeal.
The indictment charged that the appellant received and had in his possession eight pairs of shoes of the value of sixteen dollars, knoAving the same to have been stolen. The evidence in the case showed that appellant was guilty of the larceny of the shoes in question; It is con*181tended on behalf of the appellant that,…
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