State v. Jacobs

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Miller, J.

The defendants appeal from the sentence on the con - viction for larceny.

The indictment charged the defendants with the larceny of one bale of cotton in the lint. The first bill of exceptions is to the ruling of the court permitting the District Attorney to amend the indictment during the trial, by charging the larceny of one bale of cotton in the seed.' It is insisted on behalf of the defendants that the amendment was of substance, preferring a charge different from that s'tated in the indictment. Our statute permits the amendment of…