Dennison v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County; H. P. Heflin, Judge. A. A. Dennison was convicted of the larceny of an automobile, and he appeals. The transaction complained of occurred upon the introduction of Boyd in an attempt on the part of the state to show that Boyd had lost a car recently.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County; H. P. Heflin, Judge. A. A. Dennison was convicted of the larceny of an automobile, and he appeals. The transaction complained of occurred upon the introduction of Boyd in an attempt on the part of the state to show that Boyd had lost a car recently. The jury" was sent into their room and the controversy herein referred to occurred between the court and counsel for defendant, not- only relative to the legality of the evidence, but also on account of surprise and the absence of witnesses to rebut the testimony relative to the guilt of the defendant…
1Opinion of the CourtBrioken, P. J.
The defendant was convicted under the first count of an indictment which charged him with grand larceny, in that he feloniously took and carried away one Dodge automobile of the value of $1,200, the personal property of J. R. Hobbs. He was given an indeterminate sentence of five years minimum and seven years as a maximum imprisonment in the penitentiary. Erom this judgment of conviction he appeals.
It developed upon the trial that Reverend J. R. Hobbs, a minister of the gospel and pas tor of the First Baptist Church, in the city of Birmingham, left his Dodge automobile standing in front of his…
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