Fuller v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cleburne. Tried before the Hon. D. C. Blackwell, Special J udge. The appellant, L. J. Fuller, was indicted and tried for murder, was convicted of murder in the second degree,. and sentenced to the penitentiary for 30 years.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cleburne. Tried before the Hon. D. C. Blackwell, Special J udge. The appellant, L. J. Fuller, was indicted and tried for murder, was convicted of murder in the second degree,. and sentenced to the penitentiary for 30 years. The evidence for the State tended to show that the defendant was superintending some work in a field, where a mule was being driven to a stump, pulling machine ; that the deceased, Thomas Henry, had been employed to drive the mule; that L. J. Fuller discharged said Henry, who thereupon went to one Scott, from whom the mule was rented, and…
1Opinion of the CourtColeman, J.
The defendant was convicted of murder in the second degree, Several exceptions were reserved to the ruling of the court upon the admission of evidence and which are presented for our consideration by appeal. In some instances the same principle of law applies to more than .one exception.. In such cases a decision will be made only upon one .of the exceptions .
The objection that the knife offered in evidence was not sufficiently identified, was properly .overruled. There was evidence tending to show the ownership of the knife and its possession. The weight of the evidence was for the jury. The…
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