Richmond v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from .Macon County .Court- Heard before Hon. M. B. Abercrombie. Shep Richmond was convicted of wantonly or intentionally killing or maiming a cow, and he appeals. No brief came to tbe Reporter. The demurrers to the affidavit Avere properly overruled.— Billingslea v. State, 68 Ala. 486; Bailey v. State, 99 Ala-143; Jones v. State, 136 Ala. 118; Guarreno v. State, 148 Ala. 637; Coleman v. State, 150 Ala. 64.
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, P. J.
The affidavit charged that the defendant “unlaAvfully, Avantonly, or maliciously killed, disabled, disfigured, or maimed a coav, the property of Jack Spradling, against the peace,” etc. It folloAved the Code form for an indictment for Avanton and malicious injury to animals (Code, §§ 6230, 7161, form 71), except that the Avord “maimed” is substituted for the Avord “injured” Avhere the latter is used in the Code form. Where another Avord is .substituted for the one used in the statute, or in the form of indictment under it, and the substituted word is equivalent in meaning to that employed in…
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