Leonard v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Pike. Tried before the Hon. William L. Parks, Special Judge. The appellant was tried and convicted under the following indictment: “The grand jury of said county charge that before the finding of this indictment, Prank Leonard -feloniously took and carried away fram the storehouse of James D. Sikes sixty dollars in United States currency, the exact denomination and description of which to the grand jury is unknown, of the value of sixty…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Pike. Tried before the Hon. William L. Parks, Special Judge. The appellant was tried and convicted under the following indictment: “The grand jury of said county charge that before the finding of this indictment, Prank Leonard -feloniously took and carried away fram the storehouse of James D. Sikes sixty dollars in United States currency, the exact denomination and description of which to the grand jury is unknown, of the value of sixty dollars, the personal property of James D. Sikes, against the peace,” &c. To this indictment the defendant demurred upon the…
1Opinion of the CourtHaralson, J.
The indictment alleged the stealing of sixty dollars. The word “dollars” imparts to the common understanding, the meaning of a thing of value. But the indictment, to be as specific as possible under the circumstances, and in order to designate the kind of dollars stolen, an allegation necessary to be made, contained the further allegation, that the money stolen was “in the United States currency.” “The word ‘currency’ when applied to the medium of trade, means equally coin, bank notes, or notes issued by the government.”—Crocker v. The State, 47 Ala. 53 ; Noble v. The State, 59 Ala. 81. When…
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