Willis v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cherokee. Tried before the Hon. James A. Bilbro. The appellant in this case was tried and convicted under the following indictment: “The grand jury of said county charge that before the finding of this indictment, Clarence G. Willis, an agent of the Southern Railway -Company, a corporation under the laws of the State of Virginia, embezzled or fraudulently converted to his own use money to about the amount of three hundred and six dollars…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cherokee. Tried before the Hon. James A. Bilbro. The appellant in this case was tried and convicted under the following indictment: “The grand jury of said county charge that before the finding of this indictment, Clarence G. Willis, an agent of the Southern Railway -Company, a corporation under the laws of the State of Virginia, embezzled or fraudulently converted to his own use money to about the amount of three hundred and six dollars which came into his possession by virtue of his employment as such agent, against the peace and dignity of the State- of…
1Opinion of the CourtTyson, J.
The demurrer to the. indictment was correctly overruled. —§ 4659 of Crim. Code; Washington v. The State, 72 Ala. 272; Reeves v. The State, 95 Ala. 31; Walker v. State, 117 Ala. 42.
The indictment alleges that defendant, “an agent of the Southern Railway Company, a corporation under tire laws of tire State of Virginia, embezzled,” etc. At the time of thei commission of the alleged offense and at the time of the finding of the indictment, upon a trial tiren had, the burden would have been upon the State to make proof of the incorporation of the Southern Railway Company as alleged. However,…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Thompson v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Amos v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1898
- Dennis v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1895
- Reeves v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1891
- Perry v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1888
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