Cohen v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
From the Criminal Court of Dallas. Tried before the Hon. George H. Craig. The indictment in this case charged, that the defendant “ did buy, receive, conceal, or aid in concealing one iron chain, of the value of more than one hundred dollars, the personal property of Patrick Callahan, knowing that the same had been stolen, and not having the intent to return it to its owner.’ The defendant pleaded not guilty, and issue was joined on that plea.
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From the Criminal Court of Dallas. Tried before the Hon. George H. Craig. The indictment in this case charged, that the defendant “ did buy, receive, conceal, or aid in concealing one iron chain, of the value of more than one hundred dollars, the personal property of Patrick Callahan, knowing that the same had been stolen, and not having the intent to return it to its owner.’ The defendant pleaded not guilty, and issue was joined on that plea. On the trial, as the bill of exceptions states, one R. J. Fowler, a witness for the prosecution, testified, that the chain was stolen from his…
1Opinion of the CourtBrickell, J.
The evidence of the witness Callahan, that the chain was worth more than one hundred dollars to him, though it may not have been conclusive evidence of the value of the chain, and may not have been deemed by the jury sufficient evidence of its value, was a fact proper to go to the jury, to be considered in determining the question of value. In its admission, therefore, the court below did not err.
[2.] The exception to the charge given by the court of its own motion, is too general and indefinite to authorize us to look into each part and sentence thereof, and inquire if error may not be found…
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