Nixon v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
From the Circuit Court of Butler. Tried before tbe Hon. Jno. K. Henry. The indictment in this case was found at the December term of said court, 1875, and charged that, before the finding thereof, “ Matthew Nixon did sell, remove, or conceal one bale of cotton, for the purpose of hindering, delaying, or defrauding W. W. Wilkinson, who had a written mortgage or lien thereon for advances, with a knowledge of the existence of such mortgage or lien,” [which] “was executed by him…
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From the Circuit Court of Butler. Tried before tbe Hon. Jno. K. Henry. The indictment in this case was found at the December term of said court, 1875, and charged that, before the finding thereof, “ Matthew Nixon did sell, remove, or conceal one bale of cotton, for the purpose of hindering, delaying, or defrauding W. W. Wilkinson, who had a written mortgage or lien thereon for advances, with a knowledge of the existence of such mortgage or lien,” [which] “was executed by him to the said W. W. Wilkinson, and duly recorded and probated according to law-; against the peace,” &c. After…
1Opinion of the Court
MANNING, J. —
The indictment in this cause was founded on the act of February 13th, 1875, “to amend section 3705 (159) of the Revised Code,” enacting that “ Any person who removes, conceals, or sells any personal property, for the purpose of hindering, delaying, or defrauding any person who has a claim thereto under any written instrument, lien created by law for rent or advances, or any other lawful or valid claim, verbal or written, with a knowledge of the existence thereof,” shall, on conviction, be punished as if he had stolen the same. There was a form prescribed in the Revised Code (p.…
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