Jordan v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Circuit Court, Barbour County; J. S. Williams, Judge. Robert Jordan was convicted of receiving stolen goods,' and he appeals. After reading the written charges to the jury, the court said: “Those charges are given for the defendant and are correct statements of the law; they are in keeping with what I have said to you orally. Those charges do not vary what I have said to you; they are the law, but are not in conflict with anything I have said to you.”
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Barbour County; J. S. Williams, Judge. Robert Jordan was convicted of receiving stolen goods,' and he appeals. After reading the written charges to the jury, the court said: “Those charges are given for the defendant and are correct statements of the law; they are in keeping with what I have said to you orally. Those charges do not vary what I have said to you; they are the law, but are not in conflict with anything I have said to you.” The defendant was entitled to the affirmative charge. 167 Ala. 85, 52 South. 417, 28 L. R. A. (N. S.) 536; 7 Ala. App. 144, 62…
1Opinion of the CourtBricken, P. J.
The indictment contained two counts. The first count charged that the defendant did buy, receive, conceal, or aid in concealing certain articles of clothing, etc., knowing that they were stolen and not having the intent to restore it to the owner. The second count charged the larceny of these goods. The jury returned a verdict of guilty as charged in the first count, and sentence of the defendant was duly entered.
On this appeal it is insisted that the court committed error in' refusing the general charge requested by defendant and also in certain portions of its oral charge to the jury.
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