Ray v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
From tbe Criminal Court of Dallas. Tried before tbe Hon. Geo. H. Craig. The prisoner in this ease was indicted for the larceny of a “ gold watch and chain, of the value of more than one hundred dollars, the personal property of Frank Fields ,• ” was convicted, and sentenced to the penitentiary for two years.
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From tbe Criminal Court of Dallas. Tried before tbe Hon. Geo. H. Craig. The prisoner in this ease was indicted for the larceny of a “ gold watch and chain, of the value of more than one hundred dollars, the personal property of Frank Fields ,• ” was convicted, and sentenced to the penitentiary for two years. On the trial, as the bill of exceptions states, “ Frank Fields, colored, was introduced as a witness for the State, and testified, that he was the owner of the watch and chain named in the indictment, which were stolen from him in April, 1873, in said county of Dallas; that the chain was…
1Opinion of the CourtB. F. Saffold, J.
The defendant was undoubtedly convicted on his admissions. The evidence, in other respects, tended only to show that he had some opportunity to take the property. In one instance, he was in a bar-room, talking loudly, and apparently drunk; and on being called aside by a witness, and told that he was requested to watch him, he admitted that he had the watch ; but the witness could not afterwards decide whether the defendant knew of what he spoke at the time referred to. Besides, he was a great jester, and, on this account, was called “ clown ” by his associates. This witness was asked by the…
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