Leonard v. State

The undisputed evidence in this case shows that the store of Harris Bros., a partnership, in the city of Bessemer, was broken into and entered, and the large amount of merchandise enumerated in the indictment was stolen therefrom.

The indictmeht against this defendant contained two counts. The first count charged burglary and grand larceny; the second, with buying, receiving, or concealing stolen property. Burglary and grand larceny may be charged in the alternative in the same count. Orr v. State, 107 Ala. 35, 18 South. 142; Bowen v. State, 106 Ala. 178, 17 South. 335.

The demurrers to this…