Pullam v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from- Jefferson Circuit Court. Tried before tbe Hon. S. H. Sprott. The indictment contains three counts, charging the appellant, Robert Pullam, and Celia Pullam, his wife, with embezzlement, larceny, and receiving stolen money. The trial resulted in the acquittal of the wife, and the conviction of the husband as charged in the first count.
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Appeal from- Jefferson Circuit Court. Tried before tbe Hon. S. H. Sprott. The indictment contains three counts, charging the appellant, Robert Pullam, and Celia Pullam, his wife, with embezzlement, larceny, and receiving stolen money. The trial resulted in the acquittal of the wife, and the conviction of the husband as charged in the first count. The following facts are established by the evidence: One Jane Buckhalter gave to Celia Pullam fifty dollars, to be kept for her ; and the money was missing from the place in which Celia had placed it. The evidence is conflicting, as to whether…
1Opinion of the CourtClopton, J.
The indictment contains three separate counts, charging the defendant and his wife, Celia Pullam, with embezzlement, larceny, and receiving stolen money. The wife was acquitted; and the appellant was found guilty as charged in the first count only. The legal effect, under our rulings, is an acquittal on the second and third counts, and renders unnecessary the consideration of their sufficiency. The material and decisive question arises on the charge of the court, as follows: “ If, at the time Jane Buckhalter brought the money to the house, and handed it to Celia Pullam to keep for her, Kobert…
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