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Francis v. StateFrancis v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court
Nov 15, 1905
Reporters:
,
Before:
Whiteield
Whiteield, O. J.,

delivered the opinion of ‍‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‍the court.

In view of the rule that, to sustain a ‍‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‍charge of grand larceny, the evidence must show, beyond reasonable ‍‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‍doubt, that the property was of the value necessary to ‍‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‍constitute that offense, this case must be reversed and a- ‍‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‍new trial awarded. So ordered.

Reversed.

Case Details

Case Name: Francis v. State
Court Name: Mississippi Supreme Court
Date Published: Nov 15, 1905
Citations: 39 So. 897; 87 Miss. 493
Court Abbreviation: Miss.
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