Poole v. State

An information was filed by the State-Attorney in the Circuit Court for DeSoto County charging that J. D. Poole and three others on August 9th, 1936, in DeSoto County, Florida, “did steal, take and carry away a certain cow of the goods and chattels of Lykes Brothers Florida Company, a corporation contrary,” * * *. A bill of particulars stated that “the cow * * * was branded with an L, marked sharp in each ear, and was such a cow as is generally described and referred to as a yellow cow with a motley face.”

The information was' sworn to by the State Attorney before the Clerk of the Circuit…