Legal Opinion

Brewer v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided December 15, 1887PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Erom the Circuit Court of Sumter. Tried before the Hon. S. H. Sprott. cited Bish. Grim. Law, voL 2, §§ 333, 352; Hinderer v. The State, 38 Ala. 415; Clark’s Crim. Law, § 1053.

1Opinion of the CourtSomebville, J.

— The record shows that the defendant was convicted of embezzling money which was alleged to have come into his possession by virtue of his employment as agent or servant of one Bainer, which is made punishable by the statute as if he had stolen it.- — Code of 1886, § 3795. This conviction was under the third count of the indictment, which operated, under our practice, as an acquittal under all the other counts of the indictment. We confine ourselves, therefore, to a consideration of the charge made in this single count.

The evidence showed that in September, 1886, Bainer had sent the sum of…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Pullam v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1884

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Cowart v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1917
  2. Oldacre v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1917
  3. Esdale v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1953
  4. Peters v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1915
  5. Spurlock v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1953

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