Pugh v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Marion Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. C P. Almon. Isaac Pugh was convicted of knowingly permitting stock to run at large upon lands of another without such other’s consent, and he appeals.
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Appeal from Marion Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. C P. Almon. Isaac Pugh was convicted of knowingly permitting stock to run at large upon lands of another without such other’s consent, and he appeals. The court erred in permitting evidence of other occasions when cattle of the defendant were seen at large within the stock law district. — Smith v. The State, 52 Ala. 384; Knuckels v. The State, 109 Ala. 4; Wickarcl v. The State, 109 Ala. 147; Wilson v. The State, 136 Ala. 118; Pope v. The State, 137 Ala. 56- The court erred in its oral charge when it asserted to the jury that they must…
1Opinion of the Court
de GRAFFENRIED, J.
The indictment in this case . charges that the defendant, being the owner of or having in his control live stock prohibited by law from running at large, knowingly permitted such stock to go on the lands of another within a stock law district without-the consent of the owner of such lands.
For a conviction to be lawfully had upon such an indictment, the proof must show, not only that the defendant permitted the stock named in the indictment to go upon lands of another within a stock law district without the consent of the owner of such lands, but that he knowingly did so.
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2Cases cited8 opinions
- Miller v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1894
- Ingram v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1864
- White v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1895
- Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Co. v. MurphyAlabama Court of Appeals · 1911
- South & North Alabama Railroad v. JonesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1876
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