Joyce v. State

Appellant Barge Joyce was convicted in the Circuit Court of Sharkey County of grand larceny, for the theft of one sow and five pigs. The case will have to be reversed and remanded for errors in the admission of certain evidence.

Joyce and his family lived in a house on his mother’s farm in Sharkey County. He worked on the place and on the side bought cattle and hogs to resell and picked cotton for others. George T. Houston of Memphis and his sister owned a large plantation in Sharkey County. They operated it as a partnership known as the Fore-stair Estate. Apparently Houston spent a good deal…