Cannon v. State

This is an appeal from a conviction for petit larceny, and the only assignment of error to which response is necessary is that the court below erred in permitting the district attorney to amend the affidavit on which the case was tried. The case originated in the court of a justice of the peace, and the affidavit as originally drawn alleged ownership of the property in Forest "Willis. When the case came on for trial in the circuit court, the district attorney was permitted over the objection of the appellant, to amend the affidavit by alleging the ownership of the property in Forest Willis…