Spinks v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Clarke Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. Ben G. Turner. Grady Spinks was convicted of the larceny of an ox, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, J.—(1) One of the issues was whether the ox, the subject of the alleged crime, was the property of Tony Jackson, or that of his wife, Ellen Jackson. The state’s witness Tony *76Jackson testified that the property belonged to him, and on cross-examination, in response to questions put, no doubt, to lay a predicate for his impeachment, this witness testified without objection : “I do not remember whether Mr. Clinton Bagley last spring tried to buy some cattle from me. I did not tell him at that time that I did not have any cattle, and that all belonged to my wife. He has not been to buy any…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Southern Railway Co. v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1896
- Talbert v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1898
- Sanders v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1906
- McKinney v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1915
3Cited by7 opinions
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- Bedingfield v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1931
- Hearns v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1972
- Richardson v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1938
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