Case ID: ga_112/html/0018-02.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Simmons, C. J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Hardy v. The State.
    Argued October 15,
    Decided October 26, 1900.
   Simmons, C. J.

Where the indictment charged the accused with the larceny of á “ fawn-colored Jersey heifer about eighteen months old,” and the proof showed the larceny of a fawn-colored heifer, this was a fatal variance.

Judgment reversed.

All the Justices concurring.

Indictment for simple larceny. Before Judge Fite. Catoosa superior court. June 16, 1900.

Mann & Terry, for plaintiff in error.

Sam. P. Maddox, solicitor-general, contra.