Wade v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Certiorari to Court of Appeals. Application by Charley Wade, for' certio-rari to Court of Appeals to review and revise the judgment of said court affirming the appeal of Charley Wade v. State of Alabama, 18 Ala.
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Certiorari to Court of Appeals. Application by Charley Wade, for' certio-rari to Court of Appeals to review and revise the judgment of said court affirming the appeal of Charley Wade v. State of Alabama, 18 Ala. App. 322, 92 South. 97. The trial court denied the presence of all parties in the courtroom during the trial or during the taking of the testimony, except those who are related and those who are officers of the court, either as attorneys or officers, whose duty it may be to come iu during the course of the trial. Prisoner was denied a public trial, as defined by section 6 of the…
1Opinion of the CourtAnderson, C. J.
[1] Section 6 of the Constitution of Alabama is practically taken from the Constitution of the United States, and among other things provides “that * * * in all prosecutions by indictment” the accused has a right to “a speedy public trial by an impartial jury of the county or district in which the offense was committed.” xVs to the right of the trial court to exclude certain spectators during the trial or all persons other than those actually engaged or interested in the trial, the courts are divided. Some hold that this constitutional guaranty is violated by an exclusion of any part of the…
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