Oliver v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Error to the Circuit Court of Talladega. Tried before the Hon. John J. Woodward. The plaintiff in error was indicted for the murder of one William E. Hammond. The evidence, so far as it is necessary to a proper understanding of the questions raised by the assignments of error, was substantially this: The accused and‘ the deceased married sisters.
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Error to the Circuit Court of Talladega. Tried before the Hon. John J. Woodward. The plaintiff in error was indicted for the murder of one William E. Hammond. The evidence, so far as it is necessary to a proper understanding of the questions raised by the assignments of error, was substantially this: The accused and‘ the deceased married sisters. During the absence of the deceased from home, Mrs. Oliver, becoming dissatisfied with her husband, left his house and went to that of the deceased, carrying with her-her children, then under the age of twelve years. After the deceased returned and on…
1Opinion of the CourtDargan, C. J.
Stephen P. Oliver was indicted and tried for the murder of Wm. E. Hammond, in the Circuit Court of Talladega. The jury returned a verdict of guilty of manslaughter in the first degree, upon which the court sentenced him to be imprisoned in the Penitentiary for the term of two years. On the trial several exceptions were taken to the ruling of the court, and the cause is brought here for our revision by a writ of error.
1. The first assignment of error is that the court admitted certain declarations of the deceased1, made a few days before his death, to go to the jury as evidence. Dying…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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