Walker v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County ; H. P. Heflin, Judge. Henry Walker, Jr., was convicted of murder in the second degree, and he appeals. Appellant was indicted for the murder of one W. F. Granger, ‘and convicted of murder. in the second degree, and his punishment fixed at 25 years’ imprisonment. He relied upon self-defense. The deceased, a white man 63 years of age, was, at the time he was killed, town marshal of the municipality of Tarrant City.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County ; H. P. Heflin, Judge. Henry Walker, Jr., was convicted of murder in the second degree, and he appeals. Appellant was indicted for the murder of one W. F. Granger, ‘and convicted of murder. in the second degree, and his punishment fixed at 25 years’ imprisonment. He relied upon self-defense. The deceased, a white man 63 years of age, was, at the time he was killed, town marshal of the municipality of Tarrant City. The defendant, who is a negro 23 years of age, lived at Dolcito, which was beyond the corporate limits and police jurisdiction of Tarrant…
1Opinion of the CourtGardner, J.
The foregoing statement of the case sufficiently outlines the tendencies of the evidence for the state and the defendant, for a proper understanding of the important questions presented upon this appeal.
[1] There was no error in the court refusing to permit the defendant to introduce evidence as to everything that was said and done by each member of the “crowd” upon the first trip in pursuit of the defendant. We are of the opinion that the' details of what occurred between defendant and young Connell, when the defendant and his wife were passing through Tarrant City on their way home, are…
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