TYSON v. STATE

No. 41239.

237 Miss. 149 (1959)

112 So.2d 563

TYSON v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 8, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.W. Price, Oxford, for appellant.

G. Garland Lyell, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.


GILLESPIE, J.

Appellant was indicted, tried, and convicted of larceny. On the question of guilt, the evidence showed that appellant was employed in the store from which a sum of money was stolen, and the rear door had been broken open. A meat cleaver had some scraches on it, indicating it had been used to break the lock. A confession of appellant was admitted. There was no evidence connecting appellant with the crime except...

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