James v. State

Ed James, appellant, was convicted in the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial District of Cliickasaw County of the grand larceny of a calf. On this appeal he argues that the verdict is against the overwhelming weight of the evidence, and asserts errors in two instructions.

James worked at a filling station in Pontotoc, in Pontotoc County. He asked Carl Aaron and Nicki Moore to get a calf for him for his deep freeze, and they indicated they would. James brought a rope and furnished it to Aaron and Moore for the purpose of stealing a calf. On a Tuesday night, Aaron and Moore went to Derwood…