Legal Opinion

Jones v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided January 17, 1950No. 3 Div. 914PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CARR, Judge.

The accused was convicted in the court below of larceny of a milch cow. Title 14, Sec. 331, Code 1940.

Without dispute in the evidence Mr. James Wiggins’ milch cow was taken, in the nighttime, from a pen or- enclosure. The animal was later found in Mr. Odom Vickory’s field.

Ephrim Wright and Avery Mathews were jointly indicted with the appellant. Wright and Mathews entered pleas of guilty. The appeal here is based on the judgment of conviction of Dale Jones, the other indictee.

Mathews and Wright testified for the State in the trial below, and if their testimony is to be taken as…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Malachi v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1889
  2. Skumro v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1936
  3. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1935
  4. Berry v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1935
  5. York v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1948

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Hoggle v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1953
  2. Brown v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1954
  3. Williams v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1951
  4. Clayton v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1952

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