Johnson v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Wilcox Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. B. M. Miller. Easter Johnson was convicted of assault with intent to murder, and she appeals.
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Appeal from Wilcox Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. B. M. Miller. Easter Johnson was convicted of assault with intent to murder, and she appeals. The following charges were refused the defendant: (G) “The court charges the jury that, there being two counts in the indictment, one charging an attempt to poison Brooks Bobbins, and one charging an attempt to poison Prophet Brooks, that if the jury should believe from the evidence that these attempts were made at different times, that then the jury should acquit the defendant.” Charge E was the general affirmative charge. The court should have…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, P. J.
The appellant, Easter Johnson, Avas joined Avith Charley Johnson and Clara Brooks in an indictment containing three counts. A demurrer to the first count Avas sustained, and, a severance having been ordered, appellant Avas put to trial on the second and third counts of the indictment, Avhich, respectively, charged an attempt to poison Brooks Robbins, Avith the intent to murder him, and an attempt to poison Prophet Brooks, Avith an intent to murder him.
During the progress of the development of the case ■by the evidence offered by the state, the defendant moved the court to require the…
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