Anthony v. State

The indictment contains several counts, and the accused was convicted on count one only. That count charged him with the offense of larceny after trust, and alleged that he, “ having been intrusted by one R. L. Anthony with one bale of cotton, . . the same having been grown on the lands of Mrs. O. J. Sala by said R. L. Anthony, and of the value of $28.24, the said bale of cotton having been intrusted to said E. E. Anthony [the defendant] for the purpose of selling same and paying one half of same over to said Mrs. O. J. Sala, the owner, the said E. E. Anthony, did then and there sell same and…