Ex Parte Shoults

The defendant was tried and convicted on an indictment charging a violation of section 7342 of the Code. It charged him with selling or removing personal property, three mules, with the purpose of hindering or delaying Abraham Bros. Horse & Mule Company, a partnership composed of Henry Abraham, E'dward Abraham, and Albert Abraham, who had a lawful and valid claim thereto under a written instrument,. etc. Under this section (7342) of the Code, the name of the person, natural or artificial, in whose favor the lien on the property sold or removed exists, must be alleged in the indictment. Hill…