Ezell v. State

The appellants Avere indicted and convicted in the circuit, courf, of petit larceny, the. indictment charging that they did “wilfully, unlawfully and feloniously take, steal and carry away ten chicken hens of the value of one dollar each, and of the total value of ten dollars in money, the personal property of Robt. Russell.’’ The indictment was amended at the trial so as to read Will Russell instead of Robert Russell.

The testimony for the state showed that the chickens were missed the latter part of May, and that they were of a breed known as Rhode Island Reds; that they roosted in trees…