Hester v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of DeKalb. Tried before the Hon. John B. Tally. The appellant was indicted, tried and convicted under the following indictment: “The grand jury of said county charge that before the finding of this indictment William PI.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of DeKalb. Tried before the Hon. John B. Tally. The appellant was indicted, tried and convicted under the following indictment: “The grand jury of said county charge that before the finding of this indictment William PI. Hester did buy, receive, conceal, or aid in concealing, one hundred and ninety pairs of shoes, of the value of one dollar per pair; nineteen ladies hats, of the value' of one dollar per hat; five children’s caps, of the value of twenty-five cents' per cap ; ■ one hundred bottles of quinine, of the value of forty cents per bottle ; a lot of…
1Opinion of the CourtColeman, J.
The defendant was convicted of the offense of buying and receiving stolen property, knowing the same to have been stolen, and not having the intent to restore it to its owner. No grand jury had been summoned for the regular term of the court, at which the indictment was presented. Section 4316 of the Criminal Code is as follows : “If, in consequence of any neglect on the part of the judge of probate, sheriff or clerk of the circuit or city court, or from any other cause, no grand or petit jury is returned to serve at any *88term of tlie court, or no petit-jury summoned for any week thereof, the…
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