Baggett v. State

Citations

• 69 Miss. 625

Syllabus

<p>1. Receiving- Stolen Property. Larceny of money. Description. Indictment.</p> <p>An indictment for knowingly receiving stolen money is fatally defective in failing to give the denomination of the bills, or in some way particularly designating them or some of them, or averring that it could not be done because the description was unknown to the grand jurors. It is not sufficient to state merely the character of the money and amount; as, “two hundred dollars in United States treasury notes, of the value of two hundred dollars.” '</p> <p>2. Same. Larceny of bills. Word “dollars.” Evidence.</p> <p>Nor can a conviction on such an indictment be sustained upon the assumption that the word “ dollars ” imports one-dollar bills, the evidence failing to show that there was a single one-dollar bill in the money alleged to . have been stolen.</p>