Bryant v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the City Court of Mobile. Tried before the Hon. O. J. Semmes. The appellant, Amanda Bryant, was tried and convicted under the following indictment: . “The grand jury of said county charge that before the finding of this indictment, Amanda Bryant feloniously took and carried away in the county of Baldwin, in the State of Alabama, a diamond ring of the value of seventy-five dollars, the personal property of Annie Cirlot, and brought said ring into the county of…
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Appeal from the City Court of Mobile. Tried before the Hon. O. J. Semmes. The appellant, Amanda Bryant, was tried and convicted under the following indictment: . “The grand jury of said county charge that before the finding of this indictment, Amanda Bryant feloniously took and carried away in the county of Baldwin, in the State of Alabama, a diamond ring of the value of seventy-five dollars, the personal property of Annie Cirlot, and brought said ring into the county of Mobile in the State of Alabama. “And the said grand jury do further charge that before the finding of this indictment…
1Opinion of the CourtHaralson, J.
At common law, larceny is considsidered as committed in every county or jurisdiction into which the goods may be carried by the thief. ‘ ‘The legal possession of them still remains-in the true owner, and every moment’s continuance of the trespass and felony amounts to a new caption and asportation.” — 2 Russsell on Crimes, 283. Consequently, it has been held in this State, that when goods are stolen in one county and carried by the thief into another county, or he causes them to be so carried, and he there exercises dominion over them, this constitutes larceny in the lat*450ter county, and he may…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1893
- Orr v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1894
- Thornton v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1896
- Young v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1881
- Newsom v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1894
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3Cited by67 opinions
- Wilson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1942
- Ex Parte GrimmettSupreme Court of Alabama · 1933
- Freeman v. BlountSupreme Court of Alabama · 1911
- Mutual Life Ins. Co. v. MaddoxSupreme Court of Alabama · 1930
- Jackson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1923
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