WHITTINGTON v. STATE

No. 38502.

215 Miss. 377 (1952)

60 So.2d 813

7 Adv. S. 24

WHITTINGTON v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 10, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C.F. Cowart and R.L. Netterville, for appellant.

Geo. H. Ethridge, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


ARRINGTON, J.

Appellant, Truly Whittington, was convicted for the crime of knowingly receiving stolen property and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of five years, from which judgment he appeals.

The first assignment of error argued is that the court erred in overruling the motion for a continuance. Appellant's application for a continuance was based on the fact that his wife, Mrs. Loy Smith Whittington, was a material witness in his behalf; that she...

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