Smith v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Wilcox. Tried before the Hon. John Moore. The appellant in this case, Frank Smith, was indicted, tried and convicted for the murder of Bob Davidson and was sentenced to be hanged. The evidence tending to connect the defendant with the killing of Bob Davidson was partly circumstantial. The killing occurred about dark.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Wilcox. Tried before the Hon. John Moore. The appellant in this case, Frank Smith, was indicted, tried and convicted for the murder of Bob Davidson and was sentenced to be hanged. The evidence tending to connect the defendant with the killing of Bob Davidson was partly circumstantial. The killing occurred about dark. There was evidence for the State tending to show that near the place of the ■killing there Avere found tracks Avhich corresponded more or less AA'ith the defendant’s tracks. The defendant was introduced as a witness in his oaaul behalf. During the…
1Opinion of the CourtSharpe, J.
Defendant was convicted on an, indictment charging him with the murder of Bob Davidson. On the trial it was shown that the deceased was killed by a shot fired about dark on Thursday evening when he was near his house, and at a lot where he had gone to attend to his mules. The evidence introduced to connect the defendant with the crime was mainly circumstantial. Against defendant’s objection, Lulu Davidson, widow of deceased, was allowed to testify as recited in the bill of exceptions “that some one came to their house on the Sunday night before the killing after they had gone to bed and…
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