Foster v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Feom the City Court of Mobile. Tried before the Hon. H. Chamberlain. The indictment in this case was found at the June term, 1863, of said city court, and contained two counts.
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Feom the City Court of Mobile. Tried before the Hon. H. Chamberlain. The indictment in this case was found at the June term, 1863, of said city court, and contained two counts. The first count charged, that the prisoner, Charles Foster, “ fe-loniously took and carried away from a store-house eighteen yards of Irish linen, of the value of two dollars per yard, twelve yards of poplin, of the value of three dollars per yard, one large double shawl, of the value of forty dollars, two tooth-brushes, of the value of two dollars each, one pair of boots, of the value of forty dollars, and one bill of…
1Opinion of the CourtA. J. Walker, C. J.
The indictment consisted of two counts, the first alleging larceny from a store-house, and the second, the receiving, concealing, and aiding in the concealment of stolen goods. To the entire indictment, embracing these two counts, the plea of autrefois acquit was interposed. The former indictment was for larceny alone. The goods charged by it to have been stolen, were different from those mentioned in the indictment in this case ; but the plea alleged that they were taken at the same time, and that there was only one taking, and only one receiving of stolen goods. This plea was not a bar to…
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