Crane v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair. Tried before the Hou. George E. Brewer. Tlie appellant was indicted, tried and convicted for the burglary of a store-house owned by John Shurbert.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair. Tried before the Hou. George E. Brewer. Tlie appellant was indicted, tried and convicted for the burglary of a store-house owned by John Shurbert. On the trial of the cause, as is shown by the bill of exceptions, the testimony for the State tended to show that the store-house of John Shurbert, in which a stock of merchandise and goods of value were kept, was broken into on the night of the 4th of February 1895, and some of the goods in said store-house were taken therefrom. John Shurbert as a witness for the State testified to a search which was…
1Opinion of the CourtHaralson, J.
1. Four persons went to search defendant’3 house for the stolen property. They had no knowledge of the alleged burglary, mor of the goods said to have been stolen. The owner of the burglarized store and goods stolen, one Shurbert, being examined for the prosecution, was asked: “If before said search, and after they. [the persons who made the search of defendant’s house] had started out, he had described said goods or any part of them [to said parties] or - showed them samples of the same?” The witness replied that he had described, and shown samples of said goods, which he had obtained fro.m…
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