Thompson v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Pike County Law Court. Heard before Hon. A. H. Owens. The defendant was indicted for petit larceny, the taking of a ring of the value of $15. The evidence tended to show that Evelina Bradberry got a ring, which was found by her little grand-daughter, and that she had had the same for two or more years; that she had made no secret about having it; that she and her son often wore the ring.
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Appeal from Pike County Law Court. Heard before Hon. A. H. Owens. The defendant was indicted for petit larceny, the taking of a ring of the value of $15. The evidence tended to show that Evelina Bradberry got a ring, which was found by her little grand-daughter, and that she had had the same for two or more years; that she had made no secret about having it; that she and her son often wore the ring. The evidence further tended to show that Pomp Bradberry wore the ring to defendant’s place of business one night, and defendant asked him to let him see the ring; that he gave the ring to…
1Opinion of the Court
DENSON, J. —
A motion was made in the court below to quash the venire of jurors sumomned for the second Aveek of the term of the court. The bill of exceptions recites that this motion was overruled, but there is no entry in the judgment proper showing that the court made any ruling on the motion. In this state of the record we Avill not revieAv the ruling of the court on the motion. — Gaston v. Marengo Improvement Co., 139 Ala. 465, 36 South. 738; Spraggins’ Case, 139 Ala. 93-102, 35 South. 1000.
Under the evidence in the case it was . open for the jury to infer that, at the time the defendant…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Washington v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1894
- Verberg v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1902
- Talbert v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1898
- Holbrook v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1894
- Spraggins v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1903
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