Perry v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Larceny. Appeal from Dallas Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. B. M. Miller. Morgan Perry was convicted of larceny and be appeals. The amount of the tobacco missing was proper to be shown. — Sheppard v. The State, 94 Ala. 102. The testimony tending to show possession by defendant of the stolen goods as well as quasi confession was admissible. — Busch v. The State, 186 Ala. 85; Smith v. The State, 133 Ala. 145.
1Opinion of the CourtSimpson, J.
The appellant was indicted and convicted, on the charge of grand larceny, for stealing five caddies of chewing tobacco from a car of the Southern Kailway Company. The transfer clerk of said railway company testified that, when he examined the car, the seal was broken and there was no lock on the door; that amongst other freight there were two kinds of tobacco in said car, to wit. “Bed Jay” and “No. 101” tobacco; that said “Ked Jay” was nailed together, by strips, in packages of five boxes each. The witness was permitted, against the objection of the defendant, to testify that he “checked the…
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