Legal Opinion

Crawford v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided June 15, 1870PublishedCited by 18 opinions

Appeal from Circuit Court of Henry. Tried before Hon. J. McOaleb Wiley. Tbe opinion states tbe facts.

1Opinion of the CourtPeters, J.

This was an indictment under § 3695 of tbe Revised Code, for burglary; it was demurred to because it did not aver that tbe shop, broken into and entered, was a shop in which “ any goods, merchandise, or other valuable thing, is kept for use, sale or deposit.” Tbe demurrer was overruled.

Tbe indictment in this case is clearly bad, and tbe demurrer should have been sustained.

*383The forms prescribed in the appendix of the Code are sufficient only where they are applicable. When they are not applicable, then other analogous forms must be devised to be used in their stead. — Eev. Code, § 4141.

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2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Ex parte ChaseSupreme Court of Alabama · 1869

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Alabama Power Company v. TaylorSupreme Court of Alabama · 1975
  2. Martin v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1899
  3. Potter v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1890
  4. Coosa Portland Cement Co. v. CrankfieldSupreme Court of Alabama · 1918
  5. Woolsey & Sons v. Jones & Bro.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1887

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