Hunt v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Feom the Circuit Court of Bibb. Tried before the Hou. JOHN Henderson. Tbe indictment in this case, wbicb was found in September, 1876, charged that tbe defendant “ feloniously took and carried away a bog, of tbe value of six dollars, tbe personal property of D. M. James.” Tbe defendant pleaded not guilty; was convicted, under tbe charge of tbe court, and sentenced to imprisonment in tbe penitentiary for tbe term of two years.
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Feom the Circuit Court of Bibb. Tried before the Hou. JOHN Henderson. Tbe indictment in this case, wbicb was found in September, 1876, charged that tbe defendant “ feloniously took and carried away a bog, of tbe value of six dollars, tbe personal property of D. M. James.” Tbe defendant pleaded not guilty; was convicted, under tbe charge of tbe court, and sentenced to imprisonment in tbe penitentiary for tbe term of two years. “On tbe trial,” as tbe bill of exceptions states, “ D. M. James, a witness for the State, testified as follows: On. tbe 16th July, 1876, witness lost a bog, of tbe value…
1Opinion of the Court
MANNING, J. —
Tbe act of February 20,1875, “to amend section 3706 of tbe Revised Code,” declares a person wbo steals any of tbe animals therein designated, among wbicb “bog” is specified, “or any part of an outstanding crop of corn or cotton,” or “ any personal property, other than that hereinbefore enumerated, exceeding twenty-five dollars in value,” guilty of grand larceny; and that on conviction be shall be punished accordingly. By tbe animals designated in tbis act are meant live beasts, not tbe carcases, or bodies of those that have been killed. Tbe stealing of one of these *141would not be…
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