Langston v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from tbe City Court of Montgomery. Tried before tbe Hon. T. M. ARRINGTON. Tbe defendant, Charles Langston, was convicted of larceny, and appeals. Tbe court charged tbe jury, “that so far as tbe evidence was concerned in tbis cause, be would bold that tbe property stolen was not a fixture, but was personal property.” Tbe defendant excepted to tbis charge.
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Appeal from tbe City Court of Montgomery. Tried before tbe Hon. T. M. ARRINGTON. Tbe defendant, Charles Langston, was convicted of larceny, and appeals. Tbe court charged tbe jury, “that so far as tbe evidence was concerned in tbis cause, be would bold that tbe property stolen was not a fixture, but was personal property.” Tbe defendant excepted to tbis charge. He also excepted to tbe refusal of tbe court to give tbe following written charges requested by him; (1.) “Tbe court charges tbe jury, if they believe tbe evidence they must find tbe defendant not guilty of tbe offense charged in tbe…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, C. J.
The' appellant in this case was indicted and convicted of the larceny of a certain number of valves or cocks. The indictment contained two counts each in the common form for larceny. The first count charges that the valves were the property of M. C. Scott, and the second that the subject of the larceny was the property of the Montgomery Furnace & Chemical Company. There was no conflict in the testimony, and the assignments of error present for our consideration the rulings of the lower court upon the charges given and refused.
The testimony was to the effect that three of the valves alleged to…
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