Seals v. State

BRICKEN, Presiding Judge.

The indictment in this case charged that this appellant, and several others, not on trial, “feloniously took and carried away 28 head of- cattle of the value of $1400.00 the personal property of E. D. Fennell and Leonard Pruitt.”

The defendant demurred to said indictment, and assigned the following grounds:

“1. Said indictment charges no offense known to the law.

“2. Said indictment is vague, indefinite and uncertain in its averments.

“3. Said indictment attempts to charge Larceny of ‘28 head of cattle’ which is an insufficient description of the alleged stolen property.

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