Roberts v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Pike. Tried before tlie Hon. J. W. Poster. The appellant, Marion Roberts, was indicted, tried and convicted for forcibly ravishing one Annie Hattoway. On the trial of the case, after the said.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Pike. Tried before tlie Hon. J. W. Poster. The appellant, Marion Roberts, was indicted, tried and convicted for forcibly ravishing one Annie Hattoway. On the trial of the case, after the said. Annie Hattoway had testified to the facts attending the commission of the offense, she further testified that the place Avhere the defendant threw her down and ravished her was in a pasture near her father’s house; that it ivas a smooth place in some bushes and Aims sandy, but the sand was not perfectly white; that it was about 45 feet from a large pine tree that had…
1Opinion of the CourtDowdell, J.
— The defendant was tried and convicted on an indictment for forcibly ravishing one Annie IlattoAvay. Before entering npon the trial the Avitnesses were put under the rule, both State and defendant having invoked the same. W. B. Sanders, a physician, and a Avitness for the defendant, in violation of the rule of exclusion, remained in the court room during the trial, and heard a part of the testimony of one Dr. Pennington, Avho Avas examined as an expert on behalf of the State. On the objection of the State, the court refused to let the witness Dr. Sanders testify. It was stated at the time by…
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