WILLIAMSON v. STATE

No. 40242.

229 Miss. 305 (1956)

90 So.2d 657

WILLIAMSON v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 19, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard Pigford, Lester F. Williamson, Thos. L. Goldman, Meridian, for appellant.

John H. Price, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.


McGEHEE, C.J.

The defendant in the trial court, Thomas Williamson, was convicted of grand larceny upon the theory that he had stolen and carried away the sum of $140, which he was alleged to have taken from the person of the chief prosecuting witness, Will Underwood, on November 23, 1955.

The case of the prosecution rested entirely on circumstantial evidence. The defendant asked for, and was refused, a peremptory...

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