Hickman v. State

The defendant was indicted in two counts. The first count charged grand larceny, and the second count charged embezzlement. After the evidence was closed, the court, at the request of defendant, charged out the second count, and then proceeded to instruct the jury as to the charge of grand larceny as charged in the first count. The jury returned a general verdict finding the defendant guilty as charged in the indictment. This verdict was referable to the first count, and was sufficient to sustain a judgment of conviction‘as to grand larceny. Gleason v. State, 6 Ala. App. 49, 60 So. 518; McGee…