Price v. State
Price v. State
Opinion of the Court
On or about Eebruary 13 or 14; 1914, Mr. Carr lost two horses from his farm in Washington county. About February 15, 1914, this defendant and his brother, who is jointly indicted, was seen by Pat James in Green county, Miss., a point between the Carr place and the point where the horses were afterwards located and recovered. The two Price brothers ate supper with James, and pretended to be traveling on foot to Arkansas. They were at James three-fourths of an hour, it being after night, went out, and in about five minutes thereafter men *79 came from the direction they had gone, , riding horseback and passing James’ house. The next morning James discovered where horses had been tied near his house. On the first Sunday in March, 1914, defendant traded one of the Carr horses to Charlie Webb in'Transylvania, La., and on the first Monday in March, 1914, the other Carr horse was traded to Joe Parson at or near Lake Providence, La., both the defendant and his brother being present at both transactions. Both horses were identified and recovered, and both defendant and his brother were identified as being the parties in possession of the horses, although at that time they were going under the assumed name of Brown. ¡Shortly after the horses were stolen defendant’s brother Sterling went to Arkansas, where defendant and his other brother jointly indicted were, and informed them of the charge being made against both of them of horse stealing. Prom then on for several years defendant and his codefendant brother, wandered over the states of Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, Kentucky, Alabama, and Florida, until defendant was finally arrested in Baldwin'county, Ala., in March, 1921. The foregoing were the tendencies of the evidence for the state, some by unquestioned proof and the other by facts from which a jury could reasonably draw the foregoing conclusions. The defendant denied the material facts of guilt, and sought to prove an alibi.
Many exceptions to the rulings of the court on the admissibility of- evidence were reserved, not necessary to consider, as being without merit or not being injurious to defendant.
We find no error in the record, and the judgment is affirmed.
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