Nelson v. State

BOWLING, Justice, for the Court:

Appellant was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Jackson County. He was sentenced to serve a term of three *501years under the jurisdiction of the State Department of Corrections with the entire sentence being suspended.

Five assignments of error were advanced on appeal by the appellant. We shall discuss only one assignment as it disposes of the case: that is, the contention that the verdict was against the weight and sufficiency of the evidence.

At the time of the alleged offense, appellant was employed by the City of Pascagou-la, Mississippi, as…