Young v. State

209 So.2d 189 (1968)

William Claude YOUNG

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 44668.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 8, 1968.

Swep S. Taylor, Jr., Jackson, for appellant.

Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen., by G. Garland Lyell, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Laurence Y. Mellen, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

ETHRIDGE, Chief Justice:

William Claude Young, appellant, was convicted in the Circuit Court of Copiah County of obtaining money and property under false pretenses, and was sentenced to serve three years in the state penitentiary. Miss.Code 1942 Ann. § 2149 (1956).

The evidence was ample to sustain…