BEST v. STATE

No. 41160.

235 Miss. 318 (1959)

108 So.2d 840

BEST v. STATE

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 16, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pittman & King, Hattiesburg, for appellant.

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


LEE, J.

Fewell Best and another were jointly indicted for the larceny of two cows. After a severance was granted, Best was put on trial and the jury found him guilty as charged but recommended mercy. From a sentence of five years in the state penitentiary, he appealed.

About 7:00 o'clock on Saturday morning, September 28, 1957, Best and Rubert Lee Nicholson appeared at the stockyard of Roy Jeffcoats in the City of Laurel, and sold him two cows. A check in...

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