Case Name: Clifton and Others v. The State.-In error
Court: Supreme Court of Indiana
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Decision Date: 1839-11-23
Citations: 5 Blackf. 224
Docket Number: 
Parties: Clifton and Others v. The State.—In error.
Judges: 
Reporter: Blackford
Volume: 5
Pages: 224–225

Head Matter:
Clifton and Others v. The State.—In error.
Saturday, November 23.

Opinion:
AN indictment charged the defendant with stealing several articles of personal property, and alleged their aggregate value to be 250 dollars, but did not specify the separate value of any one article. Plea, not guilty. Verdict of guilty, and judgment accordingly. Motion in arrest of judgment, be cause the specific value of each article charged to have been stolen was not alleged in the indictment. Held, that motion could not be sustained. The defendant was convicted of stealing all the things mentioned in the indictment: in such case, the statement of one value to all the articles stolen is sufficient. 3 Bac. Abr. 560.