State v. Council

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Pope.

The defendant was tried under an indictment containing two counts — one for burglary and the other for petit larceny. In the second count, he was charged with stealing six fowls, valued at $1.50, the property of William T. Edens. At the trial it was proved that the six fowls were the property of Mrs. Annie J. Edens. Under the direction of his Honor, Judge Benet, the jury rendered a verdict of not guilty. At another term of Court, an indictment was preferred charging the defendant with having been guilty of larceny in stealing six…