Coffey v. State

SIMPSON, Judge.

This is a companion case of Henry Lester Coffey v. State, now in the Supreme Court on appeal (8 Div. 193). See 244 Ala. 514, 14 So.2d 122.

John Coffey, this appellant, and his brother, the said Henry Lester Coffey, were tried at the same term of the Madison Circuit Court, in separate trials on separate indictments, for the murder of Dr. James E. Walker, of Huntsville. On their respective trials, both defendants were found guilty. The verdict against Henry Lester Coffey was for murder in the first degree, with punishment of death. In the case at bar, this appellant, John Coffey,…