Gordon v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from City Court of Mobile. Tried before Hon. O. J. Semmes. The opinion sufficiently states the facts. cited Adams v. The State,, 55 Ala. 143; Moore v. The State, ante p. 307. (No brief ■■came to the hands of the reporter.)
1Opinion of the CourtBriokell, C. J.
The indictment, in the form prescribed by the Code, charges the defendant with having broken into and ■entered a ■ building, structure, or inclosure, designated in the statute (Code of 1876, § 4343), with intent to steal, an offense which, whether committed in the night or day, is converted into, and punished as burglary. The plea interposed, we shall accept and consider, as it was accepted and considered in the City Court, as averring that upon an indictment charging simply larceny the defendant has been convicted of the larceny it is now averred he intended to commit, when he committed the…
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