Nichols v. State

The appellant, Gr. C. Nichols, some time prior to his conviction, was employed by M. F. Ammons, who was in the furniture business in Corinth, Mississippi, and, while so employed, Ammons missed money from his safe, and took the precaution to make notes of the money therein at various times, and the amount missing when the safe was again opened by him.

On July 2, 1931, Ammons missed fifty dollars from the safe. The appellant had been in the store and had opportunity to get money from the safe. Suspecting Nichols, Ammons had discharged him, but, as Nichols knew the addresses and places of…