Stanfield v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Tallapoosa Circuit Court. Heard before Hou. A. E. Gamble. John and Ab Stanfield were convicted of assault and battery, and they appeal.
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Appeal from Tallapoosa Circuit Court. Heard before Hou. A. E. Gamble. John and Ab Stanfield were convicted of assault and battery, and they appeal. Counsel insist that the verdict was not sufficient to authorize the judgment and sentence of the court. — Secs. 6306 and 7630, Code 1907; G-olson’s ■Case, 86 Ala. 601; Leoni’s Case, 44 Ala. 110; Lacy’s •Case, 58 Ala. 385; Leonard’s Case, 96 Ala. 108. The •sentence was also reversible because it does not affirma tively show that the defendants presently failed to pay the costs or to confess for saíne. — Sec. 7635, Code 1907; Henry v. Murphy, 54…
1Opinion of the CourtPelham, J.
The defendants were jointly indicted and tried for an assault with intent to murder, and the jury returned a verdict finding the defendants guilty of an assault and battery, leaving the punishment to be fixed by the court. The court sentenced each of the defendants to hard labor for the county for six months, and an additional term to cover the costs of 'the prosecution at the rate of 40 cents per day.
The term of the circuit court at which the defendants were tried was authorized to continue for three weeks (Code, § 3235), and the record shows the trial to have been had during the second…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- McAnally v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1883
- Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1891
- Green v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1892
- Gray v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1879
- Bradley v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1881
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