Case Name: James E. Pridgeon and J. F. Bowdoin, Plaintiffs in Error, v. The State of Florida, Defendant in Error
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1914-10-29
Citations: 68 Fla. 98
Docket Number: 
Parties: James E. Pridgeon and J. F. Bowdoin, Plaintiffs in Error, v. The State of Florida, Defendant in Error.
Judges: All concur, except Cockrell, J., absent by reason of illness in his family.
Reporter: Florida Reports
Volume: 68
Pages: 98–99

Head Matter:
James E. Pridgeon and J. F. Bowdoin, Plaintiffs in Error, v. The State of Florida, Defendant in Error.
Opinion Filed October 29, 1914.
Where an indictment alleges a larceny by the defendants from 0., for which they had been convicted, and further alleges that on the same day (not afterwards on the same day) another larceny from W., was committed by the defendants, and that the larceny from W. was a second offense, a verdict, finding the defendants “guilty of larceny, first offense,” is repugnant to the indictment and a judgment rendered thereon will be reversed. ,
Writ of error to Circuit Court for Taylor County; M. F. Horne, Judge..
Judgment reversed.
Hendry & WMtnell and W. E. Battle, for Plaintiffs in Error;
T. F. West, Attorney General, and G. O. Andrews, Assistant, for the State.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
In this case the indictment in effect alleges that on a stated day the plaintiffs in error committed petty larceny of the hogs of C. for which they were convicted in the County Judge's Court on a plea of guilty, and that on the same.day (Not aftenmrds on the same day) the said larceny of the hogs of C. was committed, the plaintiffs in error committed larceny of the hogs of W., and that the larceny from W. was a second offense. On a plea of not guilty the verdict in the Circuit Court is that the larceny from W. was a first offense, on which verdict a judgment of conviction was rendered as for a first larceny of hogs under the value of twenty dollars. Such a verdict is not in accord with .but is repugnant to the allegations of the indictment, and for that reason the judgment rendered on the verdict as for a first offense is material error.
The judgment is reversed.
All concur, except Cockrell, J., absent by reason of illness in his family.