O'Neal v. State

The appellant, 0'’Neal, was convicted of petit larceny, the original affidavit before the justice of the peace, leaving off the formal parts, reading as follows: ‘ ‘ That on or about the 29th day of March, 1932, in aforesaid county and state, and in justice district No. 4, that C. E. O’Neal did wilfully, unlawfully, feloniously, take, steal out of the cold frame of affiant about two thousand five hundred tomato plants valued at thirty-five dollars.” The justice of the peace convicted the appellant of petit larceny, and he appealed to the circuit court where the affidavit was demurred to; the…