Legal Opinion

Passmore v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided September 7, 1926No. 7 Div. 232Published

1Opinion of the CourtSamford, J.

Tbe indictment describes tbe money stolen as “one five dollar bill and three one dollar bills of tbe paper currency of the United States of America.” This was a description sufficient to put tbe defendant on notice as to the $5 bill and tbe three $1 bills alleged to have been stolen. Collins v. State, 14 Ala. App. 54, 70 So. 995.

When proof was made that tbe property stolen consisted of money, and that it was one $5 bill and three $1 bills, tbe allegation in the indictment as to what money had been stolen was met. The contention ■ that the description of the money was not sustained by proof is…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Collins v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1916

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