Scarborough v. State

Jun 15, 1897
Reporters:
Before:
Taylor
Taylor, C. J.:

The plaintiffs in error were tried and convicted at the Spring ‍‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‍term, 1896, of the Circuit Court of DeSoto*437county of the crime of larceny of cattle, and sentenced-to two years confinement in the penitentiary, from which sentence ‍‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‍they bring writ of error.

The only assignment of error urged here is that the-verdict was contrary to the evidence, and is not supported thereby.

Fruitless would ‍‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‍be the task of rehearsing the evidence here. We have considered it carefully, and are* unable to agree with the counsel for the plaintiffs in ‍‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‍error that it is insufficient to support the verdict of conviction found by the jury thereon. On the contrary, we think that it does sustain the ‍‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‍verdict found,, and the judgment of conviction predicated thereon is,, therefore, hereby affirmed.