Acker v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Circuit Court, Jackson County; W. W. Haralson, Judge. Clifford Acker was convicted of grand larceny, and appeals.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Jackson County; W. W. Haralson, Judge. Clifford Acker was convicted of grand larceny, and appeals. These charges, requested by defendant, were refused: “No. 3. If the jury believe all the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt, they should find the defendant not guilty.’’ “No. 5. If the defendant did not steal the cotton, and said to Walker that he did not get or steal the cotton, and that Walker would get his money if he would not prosecute, and this he said and did through friendship for Anderson, then he should be acquitted.” No brief reached the Reporter. No brief…
1Opinion of the CourtBricken, P. J.
[1] Prom a judgment of conviction for grand larceny defendant appeals. The property alleged to have been stolen was two bales of cotton. The indictment named three defendants. A severance was granted this defendant, and upon the trial of tliis case but one witness was examined, one John Walker, the party alleged in the first count of the indictment to have been injured. By this witness the corpus delicti, that is to say, the essence of the actual crime, was proven. By this witness also the voluntary confession of the defendant was shown to the effect that he and another, one Roy Anderson,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Edwards v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1920
3Cited by2 opinions
- Carpenter v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1981
- Smith v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1960