Case Name: Spears v. State
Court: Arkansas Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Arkansas
Decision Date: 1902-02-01
Citations: 70 Ark. 144
Docket Number: 
Parties: Spears v. State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Arkansas Reports
Volume: 70
Pages: 144–145

Head Matter:
Spears v. State.
Opinion delivered February 1, 1902.
Larceny — Allegation op Ownership — Variance.—Proof that stolen property alleged to' belong' to Houston belonged to Hamilton makes a fatal variance.
Appeal from Poinsett Circuit Court.
Felix G. -Taylor.; Judge.
Reversed.
George TV. Murphy, Attorney General, for appellee.

Opinion:
Battle,-J.
.William Spears-was accused and convicted of larceny, committed by feloniously -taking, stealing, and carrying away three-hogs,'the property of--John; Houston; and he appealed.
The evidence adduced at the trial showed that the three hogs alleged to have been stolen were the property of John F. Hamilton. The allegation in the indictment was that they belonged to John Houston. The ownership should have been proved as alleged. The variance is fatal. Blankenship v. State, 55 Ark. 244. In other respects the evidence of the defendant's guilt, as it appears in the record before us, is weak and unsatisfactory.
Beversed and remanded for a new trial.