Gibson v. State

1. The defendant was indicted for the larceny of “one cream-colored Jersey cow, of the personal goods of one. E. E. ■Casey, and of the value of forty dollars.” He demurred to the indictment, on the ground that “the description of the animal alleged to have been stolen is insufficient, and fails to so describe such animal as to put defendants on notice sufficient to enable them to'prepare their defense.”

The plaintiff in error cites the case of Brown v. State, 86 Ga. 633 (13 S. E. 20); in which it was held that the word “horse” does not denote the sex of the animal. Section 157 of the Penal…