Latham v. State

CLARK, Supernumerary Circuit Judge.

A jury returned a general verdict finding appellant guilty as charged in a two-count indictment, the first count charging her with obtaining by false pretense "from the State of Alabama a sum of, to-wit: $489.90,” the second count charging her with larceny of the same sum, “the personal property of the State of Alabama.” She was sentenced to ten years imprisonment in the penitentiary, the maximum punishment for each of the two crimes. Title 14, Sections 209 and 331, Code of Alabama. The counts of the indictment followed substantially the applicable forms…