Chatham v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
From the Circuit Court of Bike. Tried before lion. John B. Hubbard. The appellant, Dock Chatham, was indicted, tried and convicted for larceny from a store-house.
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From the Circuit Court of Bike. Tried before lion. John B. Hubbard. The appellant, Dock Chatham, was indicted, tried and convicted for larceny from a store-house. The testimony tended to show that, before, the finding of the indictment, the defendant took from the store-house of one C. L. Mathis a sack of flour weighing 25 pounds, and worth 85 cents; that from the store he carried it, and put it on the platform just, outside of the back door, remained in the store a few minutes, and then Avent outside; that upon the matter being reported to the policeman, he Avas arrested in another part of…
1Opinion of the CourtClopton, J.
The defendant was tried and convicted for the offense of larceny from a store-house. There being some testimony that he was drunk at the time of the commission of the offense, and he himself having testified that he did not remember anything which occurred on that day, defendant requested the court to instruct the jury: “Although drunkenness is no excuse for crime, yet, if the jury believe that, at the time the flour is said to have been taken, the defendant was in such a condition from drink as not to form a specific intent to take, or not to take the flour, then the jury may look to such…
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