Olden v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
• Appeal from Hale Law and Equity Court. Heard before Hon. Charles E. Waller. Frank Olden was convicted of murder in the first degree, sentenced to the penitentiary for life, and appeals. The facts and exceptions to evidence sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court.
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• Appeal from Hale Law and Equity Court. Heard before Hon. Charles E. Waller. Frank Olden was convicted of murder in the first degree, sentenced to the penitentiary for life, and appeals. The facts and exceptions to evidence sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court. The following are the charges refused: “If there are any facts proven in this case by the testimony, you must acquit-the defendant, unless there is, from the testimony, some reasonable hypothesis of his guilt with which all the proven facts, if any, are consistent. If any proved fact is inconsistent witli any reasonable…
1Opinion of the CourtSimpson, J.
The appellant was convicted of the crime of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for life.
The Avitness George Jordan, having testified, among other things, to the fact that he was the person nearest to defendant and deceased at the time the latter Avas shot, and the first to get to them afterwards, also that the defendant had no pistol at'that time, and that he had never seen him Avith a pistol during the month that he lived Avith him, also that he never saw him with a pistol at any time, Avas asked: “Did you ever see the defendant with a pistol?” To…
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