Odom v. State

The appellant was convicted for violation of the prohibition laws.

The indictment named the defendant as Burrell Odom, and he interposed a plea of misnomer, and averred that his name was Burl Odam. The demurrer to the plea was properly sustained on the ground that the names Burl Odam and Burrell Odom are idem sonans. The following words have been held idem sonans: “Booth and Boothe,” Jackson’s Case, 74 Ala. 26; “Burdet and Boudet,” “Boredet and Bouredet,” Aaron’s Case, 87 Ala. 106; “Edmundson and Edminson,” Edmundson’s Case, 17 Ala. 179, 52 Am. Dec. 169.

The defendant interposed a plea of…