Sherrill v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Franklin. Tried before the Hon. A. H. Alston. The appellant in this case, John Sherrill, was indicted for the murder of Bob King, was convicted of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to the penitentiary for twenty years. . The evidence for the State tended to -show that the defendant and the deceased lived on' adjoining farms; that there was a lane ten feet wide between their farms; that a dispute .had arisen between the wife of the…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Franklin. Tried before the Hon. A. H. Alston. The appellant in this case, John Sherrill, was indicted for the murder of Bob King, was convicted of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to the penitentiary for twenty years. . The evidence for the State tended to -show that the defendant and the deceased lived on' adjoining farms; that there was a lane ten feet wide between their farms; that a dispute .had arisen between the wife of the defendant and the Avife of the deceased; that ¡Mrs. Sherrill, the wi 'e of the defendant, Avent into the lane between…
1Opinion of the CourtHaralson, J.
The evidence sIioavs that the defendant, after he killed King, fled from the county and Avent to Texas, Avhere he remained until a short time before the trial, Avhen he returned and voluntarily surrexxdered himself to the sheriff’ When the Sheriff had testified for defendant to the surrender, defendant's counsel asked him, “Did you not receive information from the defendant six months ago, that you need not hunt for him, but that he would be back before the Spring term, 1902, of the circuit court, and that he xvould coxxxe at that time but for his bad health, and they feared lying in jail so…
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