YOUNG v. STATE

No. 44668.

209 So.2d 189 (1968)

William Claude YOUNG v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 8, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Swep S. Taylor, Jr., Jackson, for appellant.

Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen., by G. Garland Lyell, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Laurence Y. Mellen, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.


ETHRIDGE, Chief Justice:

William Claude Young, appellant, was convicted in the Circuit Court of Copiah County of obtaining money and property under false pretenses, and was sentenced to serve three years in the state penitentiary. Miss.Code 1942 Ann. § 2149 (1956).

The evidence was ample to sustain the conviction. Young sold a 1966 automobile to Johnson with a bill of sale, and received from him $1,000 in cash and a motor valued at $500. The jury was...

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