State v. Stout

Kenna, Judge :

Arthur Stout was convicted in the criminal court of Harrison County upon an indictment charging him with having entered the chicken house of one James Pickens and having therefrom stolen a chicken. The indictment also charged a former conviction. He was sentenced to six years’ confinement in the penitentiary. The circuit court of Harrison County having denied a writ .of error, this writ is prosecuted to the judgment of the latter court.

The assignments of error based upon the insufficiency of the state’s proof, we regard as not being well taken. The evidence adduced by the state…