Huff v. State

Appellant, Huff, was indicted by the grand jury of Warren county on a charge of larceny, the taking of one hundred eighty-five dollars, the property of his wife, Mrs. Myra Huff; was tried on said charge, found guilty, and sentenced to serve five years in the state penitentiary, from which this appeal is prosecuted.

Appellant and his wife had been married about a week before the offense was committed. They had known each other only a short period before the marriage was contracted, were married November 9, 1935, and separated six days afterward, when M. L. Huff went to Jackson from Vicksburg…