Hammond v. State

Omitting formal parts, tlie indictment charged that “J. C. Hammond, in the county and State aforesaid, on the.day of....:., A. 1). 1926, sundry drugs, the exact nature and character to the grand jury unknown, of the value of $100, '■ and sundry other drugs, the character and value thereof being to the grand jury unknown, the property of W. S. Sorrells, unlawfully and feloniously did steal, take and carry away,

The testimony tended to prove that W. S. Sorrells was engaged in the wholesale and retail drug business in Hot Springs, Arkansas. According to his testimony he had lost, during the last…