Aaron v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
From tbe Circuit Court of Tuskaloosa. Tried before tbe Hon. Vi. S. Mudd. The indictment in this case was found on tbe 28tb November, 1865, and charged tbe prisoners, “Aaron, a freedman, usually known and called Aaron Cosby, and Ely, a freedman, usually known and called Ely Carlisle,” with tbe larceny of two borses, tbe property of Christopher C. Farrar, in tbe county of Tuskaloosa.
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From tbe Circuit Court of Tuskaloosa. Tried before tbe Hon. Vi. S. Mudd. The indictment in this case was found on tbe 28tb November, 1865, and charged tbe prisoners, “Aaron, a freedman, usually known and called Aaron Cosby, and Ely, a freedman, usually known and called Ely Carlisle,” with tbe larceny of two borses, tbe property of Christopher C. Farrar, in tbe county of Tuskaloosa. Tbe prisoners severally pleaded not guilty, without interposing any objection to tbe indictment. Tbe evidence adduced on tbe trial, and tbe rulings of tbe court in connection therewith, are thus stated in tbe bill…
1Opinion of the CourtJudge, J.
[1.] The act of October 7, 1864, under which the prisoners were tried and convicted, was ratified *688by the State convention on the 21st day of September, 1865; a day anterior to the commission of the offense. It has been decided at the present term, that from the date of its ratification that statute has been in force in this State; (Jeffries & Jeffries v. The State;) and we hold that it is applicable to all persons in the State, the class known as freedmen included.—Eliza v. The State, decided at the present term. Consequently, there was no error in the charge given, nor in the refusal to give…
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