State v. Cain

The appellant was indicted and prosecuted for stealing three hogs, and was convicted and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term not less than one nor more than two years. The record contains four bills of exception.

The first bill of exception was reserved to the overruling of a motion for a bill of particulars. In the indictment the hogs were described merely as “three hogs of the property of Clarence S. Holt.” The defendant-asked in his motion for a bill of particulars to be informed as to the marks or brands on the hogs, and the sex and color, and a minute description of…