Shines v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to the circuit court of Madison county. Campbell, J. At the September term, 1867, "William Shines (f. m. c.) was indicted for the larceny of two “ yearling calves, of the value of fifteen dollars each, and in the aggregate of thirty dollars in value, being the personal property of John-D. Hart.” • At the same term of the court the plea of “ not guilty ”■ was entered.
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Error to the circuit court of Madison county. Campbell, J. At the September term, 1867, "William Shines (f. m. c.) was indicted for the larceny of two “ yearling calves, of the value of fifteen dollars each, and in the aggregate of thirty dollars in value, being the personal property of John-D. Hart.” • At the same term of the court the plea of “ not guilty ”■ was entered. The issue joined between the state and Shines having been submitted to a jury, they returned the following verdict: “ We, the jury, find the defendant guilty as charged in the indictment.” • The counsel of Shines moved to…
1Opinion of the Court
Jeffords, J.:
The plaintiff in error, Shines, was indicted before the circuit court of Madison county, in this state, for the crime of grand larceny, was tried at the September term, 1867, of that court, and a verdict rendered against him of “ guilty as charged in the’ indictment.”
There are three assignments of error, but as the third assignment must be decisive of this case, we pass over the others, and proceed to examine this alone, which is, that “ the court erred in the sentence passed on appellant, the same not being in accordance with the indictment and verdict of the jury.”
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