Drakeford v. State

CARR, Presiding Judge.

The appellant, George Drakeford, was tried and convicted under the following indictment:

“The Grand Jury of said County charge that before the finding of this indictment, George Drakeford feloniously took and carried away two white-faced yearlings, animals of the cow kind, the personal property of J. T. Ward, whose name is to the Grand Jury otherwise unknown, against the peace and dignity of the State of Alabama.”

We have omitted formal parts.

'The only proof offered by the State in relation to the description of the animals was that the accused stole two cows.

The record…