Alsey v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
FROM tbe Circuit Court of Tuskaloosa. Tried before tbe Hon. Wi. S. Mudd. The indictment in tbis case was found in November, 1865, and was in tbe following words: “Tbe grand jury of said county charge that, before tbe finding of tbis indictment, Alsey, a freedman, and Pbil., a freedman, did feloniously take, steal, and lead away two mares, tbe property of Harrison Hale, Abram Murdock, John M. Morgan, and James M. "Wesson, in tbe State of Mississippi, and brought tbe same into…
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FROM tbe Circuit Court of Tuskaloosa. Tried before tbe Hon. Wi. S. Mudd. The indictment in tbis case was found in November, 1865, and was in tbe following words: “Tbe grand jury of said county charge that, before tbe finding of tbis indictment, Alsey, a freedman, and Pbil., a freedman, did feloniously take, steal, and lead away two mares, tbe property of Harrison Hale, Abram Murdock, John M. Morgan, and James M. "Wesson, in tbe State of Mississippi, and brought tbe same into tbe county of Tuskaloosa in tbe State of Alabama, of tbe value of five hundred dollars; contrary to tbe form of tbe…
1Opinion of the CourtA. J. Walker, C. J.
Tbe indictment seems to have been framed in reference to section 3138 of tbe Code, which is in tbe words following: “Any person, who feloniously steals tbe property of another in any other state or country, and brings tbe same, or any portion thereof, into this State, must, on conviction, be punished, in tbe same manner, and to tbe same extent, as if tbe property thus brought into [it] bad been stolen in this State.” Tbe punishment was ordered by tbe court below in conformity to tbe act of October 7th, 1864, by which tbe larceny of “any negro, horse, mare, gelding, colt, filly, or mule,” is…
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- Ham v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1850
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