Huggins v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
From the Circuit Court of Dale. Tried before the Hon. H. D. Clayton. The indictment in this case was found at the April term; of said court, I860, and charged that, before the finding thereof, “John Huggins and Columbus Huggins feloniously bought or received two horses, of the value of one hundred, dollars each, the' personal property of Samuel Watford, which said horses had before then been feloniously taken and carried awajr, and they (the said John Huggins and Columbus…
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From the Circuit Court of Dale. Tried before the Hon. H. D. Clayton. The indictment in this case was found at the April term; of said court, I860, and charged that, before the finding thereof, “John Huggins and Columbus Huggins feloniously bought or received two horses, of the value of one hundred, dollars each, the' personal property of Samuel Watford, which said horses had before then been feloniously taken and carried awajr, and they (the said John Huggins and Columbus Huggins) well knowing that the said horses had been feloniously taken and carried away ; against the pe'ace and dignity,”…
1Opinion of the CourtA. J. Walker, C. J.
The indictment alleges, that the persons charged feloniously bought or received two horses, “of the value of one hundred dollars each, the personal property of Samuel Watford, which said horses had before then been feloniously taken and carried away, and they (said John Huggins and Columbus Huggins) well knowing that the said horses had been feloniously taken and carried away.” It is objected to this indictment, that it *398does not show a knowledge of the larceny at the time of the buying or receiving. We do not think this objection is well taken. The words “ well knowing,” &o., obviously refer…
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