Grantham v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Circuit Court, Geneva County; I-I. A. Pearce, Judge. Coot and Harvey Grantham were convicted of the larceny of a sawmill or gin belt, and they appeal.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Geneva County; I-I. A. Pearce, Judge. Coot and Harvey Grantham were convicted of the larceny of a sawmill or gin belt, and they appeal. Witness Bullock testified that he lost a gin belt, and that about a week afterwards found it at the gin belonging to defendants; that he remembered its number and recognized it by number, and asked Coot Grantham where the balance of the belt was, and he replied that it was over in a barrel, and went and got it and brought it to witness. The witness Ross testified that he remembered when it was said that Mr. Bullock had lost a belt,…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, P. J.
[1] The defendants were jointly indicted, tried, and convicted of grand larceny. The verdict of the jury was in 'these words:
“We the jury find the defendants guilty as charged in the indictment.”
On this verdict the court rendered a judgment, jointly adjudging the defendants guilty, and separately sentenced each of the defendants to a term of two years in the penitentiary as a punishment for the offense. The offense for which the defendants were indicted was joint and several and the proceedings of the trial court are free from reversible error. Newman v. State, 160 Ala. 102, 49 South. 786;…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Newman v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
- White v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1915
- Perry v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1907
3Cited by3 opinions
- Rogers v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1919
- Langston v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1931
- Ex Parte GranthamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1917