Porter v. State

— The plaintiff in error was convicted in the court of a Justice of the Peace in Jackson County upon a charge that he did “steal, take and carry away two hogs,” the property of “named persons,” contrary to the statute, etc. He was sentenced to pay a fine of $100.00, or to serve six months in the county jail at hard labor. A writ of habeas corpus was applied for upon *80the ground that the petitioner was illegally held under the sentence because “neither the affidavit charging him with the offense, nor the evidence showed the value of the property so as to give to the said Justice of the Peace…