AUTRY v. STATE

No. 40410.

230 Miss. 421 (1957)

92 So.2d 856

AUTRY v. STATE

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 4, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Smith, Ripley, for appellant.

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


ROBERDS, P.J.

Douglas Autry, the appellant, was County Superintendent of Education of Benton County, Mississippi, for a term beginning January 1, 1952, and ending December 31, 1955. He was convicted in this proceeding of embezzling school money of that county.

He says the testimony was insufficient to sustain the conviction. He requested, but was refused, a peremptory instruction. On this appeal he urges us to discharge...

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