Thomas v. State

The fact that Beckham found the parts of a freshly butchered hog in the possession of the defendant, the head of which he identified as being marked with his mark, in connection with his evidence that he had lost two sows marked with his mark, was admissible as tending to prove the corpus delicti, and the objection and motion of the defendant to exclude this evidence was properly overruled. Fowler v. State, 100 Ala. 99, 14 So. 860.

For like reasons, the motion of the defendant to exclude the evidence of this witness that he found parts of a hog, other than the head, was properly overruled.

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