Davidson v. State

Appellant was put to trial on a two-count indictment purportedly charging grand larceny and buying, receiving, and concealing stolen property. The trial court charged out the second count stating: "I instruct you that count two does not apply to the trial of this case."

Omitting the formal parts count one reads as follows:

"The grand jury of said county charge that, before the finding of this indictment, Clara Davidson, whose name is to the Grand Jury otherwise unknown, feloniously took two hundred dollars of the lawful currency of the United States of America, a more particular description and…