Case Name: Malcolm McMullen, Plaintiff in Error, v. The State of Florida, Defendant in Error
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1919-02-24
Citations: 77 Fla. 217
Docket Number: 
Parties: Malcolm McMullen, Plaintiff in Error, v. The State of Florida, Defendant in Error.
Judges: Browne, C. J., and Taylor, J., concur.
Reporter: Florida Reports
Volume: 77
Pages: 217–220

Head Matter:
Malcolm McMullen, Plaintiff in Error, v. The State of Florida, Defendant in Error.
Opinion filed February 24, 1919.
In a prosecution for larceny of hogs, the i'ecord in replevin proceedings wherein the possession of the hogs was awarded to the defendant as against the prosecuting witness, is admissible over an objection that it is irrelevant and immaterial.
A Writ of Error to the Circuit Court for Taylor County; M. F. Horne, Judge.
Judgment reversed.
W. O. Hodges and Fred H. Davis, for Plaintiff in Error;
Van G. Swearingen, Attorney General, and W. W. Trammell, Assistant, for the State.

Opinion:
Whitfield, J.
— At the trial of plaintiff in error for larceny of hogs, the court excluded, on the ground that it was irrelevant and immaterial, the record in an action of replevin the prosecuting witness had brought to recover the hogs from the defendant, in which action the possession of the Logs was awarded to the defendant. If the defendant was entitled to the hogs,, or if they did not belong to the prosecuting witness as alleged, the defendant could not legally have been convicted on the charge, therefore, the record referred to was both relevant and material to the issue being tried and should have been admitted as against the objections made to it. See Charles v. State, 36 Fla. 691.
Reversed.
Browne, C. J., and Taylor, J., concur.
Ellis and West, JJ., dissent.