McAlpin v. State
86 So. 339, 123 Miss. 528
Opinion
delivered the opinion of the court.
The appellant was convicted of receiving stolen property. The indictment alleged that the property stolen was owned by the American Railway Express Company, a corporation; but the’’ proof disclosed that it was owned by the American Express Company, a corporation.
The ownership of the property alleged to have been stolen must be proven as laid in the indictment, 34 Cyc. 523. Consequently the appellant’s request for a peremptory instruction should have been granted.
Reversed and remanded.
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McAlpin v. State, 86 So. 339, 123 Miss. 528 (Mich. 1920).
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