Dickens v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Corjrt of Houston. Tried before tbe Hon. H. A. Pearce. The appellant in this case, Ed Dickens, was indicted, tried and convicted of larceny of three gallons of crude turpentine. The facts of the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion. Upon the introduction of all the evidence the defendant requested several charges.
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Appeal from the Circuit Corjrt of Houston. Tried before tbe Hon. H. A. Pearce. The appellant in this case, Ed Dickens, was indicted, tried and convicted of larceny of three gallons of crude turpentine. The facts of the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion. Upon the introduction of all the evidence the defendant requested several charges. The recital of the bill of exceptions as to the request for these charges, and the charges themselves, were as follows: (1). “If the jury believe the' evidence they will acquit the defendant.” (2). “The court charges the jury that crude gum in the…
1Opinion of the CourtDenson, J.
The defendant was indicted for the larceny of three gallons of crude turpentine.
E. R. Register, for the State, testified that he owned certain turpentine boxes in Houston county; that the defendant worked some boxes adjoining witness’; that in June, 1903, the defendant and one Ed Ward were on his land; that when witness left for dinner he left some boxes near the line undipped; that when he returned, the boxes had been dipped, and that the gum dipped was worth one dollar and a half; that the defendant was near one box in the attitude of dipping, and witness asked him what he was doing and the…
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