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158 Ala. 47

Hearn v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided January 12, 1909

Supreme Court of Alabama · decided 1909-01-12

<p> Larceny. </p> <p>Larceny; Variance BeUoeen Allegation emit Proof. — Where the indictment charged that the property taken was the property of the Montgomery Street Railway, a corporation, and the evidence showed that it was the property of the Montgomery Traction Company, and there was nothing to show a connection between the two, the variance was fatal.</p>

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently March 1983

2 state decisions

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Reversed and remanded · Decided 1909-01-12

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McCLELLAN, J.

¶1The indictment avers the property, alleged to have been larcenously taken, to have been that of the “Montgomery Street Railway, a corporation.” The evidence shows, without dispute, that the property involved was that of the Montgomery Traction Company. There is no testimony tending to connect the “Montgomery Street Railway, a corporation,” with the subject of the alleged larceny, nor to show the identity of tlie two entities. The variance present between the allegation of ownership of the property and the proof thereof is, of course, fatal.

¶2The affirmative charge requested for the defendant should have been given. It is unnecessary to treat other exceptions reserved. The judgment is reversed, and the cause is remanded.

¶3Reversed and remanded.

S'impson, Anderson, and Denson, JJ., concur.
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