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Macklin v. State

Court of Appeals of Alabama
Aug 19, 1930
129 So. 713 (Ala. Crim. App. 1930)

Opinion

8 Div. 920.

August 19, 1930.

Appeal from Circuit Court, Morgan County; W. W. Callahan, Judge.

Minnie Macklin, alias McLin, was convicted of grand larceny, and she appeals.

Reversed and remanded on rehearing.

See, also, 23 Ala. App. 653, 128 So. 919, certiorari denied 221 Ala. 696, 128 So. 909.

W. S. Sherrill, of Athens, for appellant.

Where an indictment charges larceny from a particular place, it is not supported by proof of taking from another place or different place. Point v. State, 37 Ala. 148; Henry v. State, 39 Ala. 679; Stone v. State, 115 Ala. 121, 22 So. 275; Driver v. State, 206 Ala. 195, 89 So. 504.

Charlie C. McCall, Atty. Gen., for the State.

Brief did not reach the Reporter.


The indictment in this case charged the appellant with feloniously taking and carrying away "from a dwelling house" certain articles.

Due exception was reserved to the following portion of the trial court's oral charge to the jury: "If it (the property in question) was not taken from the house, but from the premises somewhere, (italics ours) in order to be grand larceny it would have to be the value of at least $25.00."

Upon reconsideration of this case, we have reached the conclusion that under the holding of our Supreme Court in the case of Driver et al. v. State, 206 Ala. 195, 89 So. 504, the quoted portion of the trial court's oral charge constituted error for which the judgment of conviction should be reversed. A rehearing is therefore granted, the judgment of affirmance heretofore rendered is set aside, the judgment of conviction is reversed, and the cause remanded.

Application for rehearing granted, judgment of affirmance set aside, judgment of conviction reversed, and the cause remanded.


Summaries of

Macklin v. State

Court of Appeals of Alabama
Aug 19, 1930
129 So. 713 (Ala. Crim. App. 1930)
Case details for

Macklin v. State

Case Details

Full title:MACKLIN v. STATE

Court:Court of Appeals of Alabama

Date published: Aug 19, 1930

Citations

129 So. 713 (Ala. Crim. App. 1930)
129 So. 713