Steele v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Gadsden City Court. Heard before Hon. Alto Y. Lee. Sam Steele was convicted of violating section 7342, Code 1907, and he appeals. The contract is in the following words: “State of Alabama, County of Etowah.
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Appeal from Gadsden City Court. Heard before Hon. Alto Y. Lee. Sam Steele was convicted of violating section 7342, Code 1907, and he appeals. The contract is in the following words: “State of Alabama, County of Etowah. Sam Steele has this day rented of Frank & Hagedorne the folio-wing property, to wit: Four mattresses, $10; 3 beds, $10; 1 table, $3.50; 1 stove, $15; 4 springs, $13.50 — of the agreed value of $51.50, with interest from date, payable $-cash, balance at the rate of $3 per two weeks, which property I agree to keep at No. 22 Lake Front street, in Alabama C'ity, and not to remove…
1Opinion of the CourtSayre, J.
The defendant was indicted and convicted for removing certain articles of house hold furniture in Adolation of section 7342, Code 1907. Defendant had purchased the articles in question from the firm of Frank & Hagedorne, and the relations of the parties in respect to the .property were evidenced by a paper writing, signed by the defendant, which, beginning with a recital that the vendors had “rented” the property to defendant, provided that the title to the property should remain in the vendors until the whole amount of the purchase money was paid, the same to be paid in specified…
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