Andrews v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Murder. Appeal from Wilcox Circuit Court.. Heard before Hon. B. M. Miller. Bob Andrews appeals from a conviction of murder in the first degree. The defendant, Bob Andrews, was jointly indicted with John Andrews for killing Bama Andrews, the wife of Jim Andrews. It seems from the record that Jim Andrews was also found dead, whether from violence at the hands of other parties, or from self-inflicted violence, does not clearly appear.
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Murder. Appeal from Wilcox Circuit Court.. Heard before Hon. B. M. Miller. Bob Andrews appeals from a conviction of murder in the first degree. The defendant, Bob Andrews, was jointly indicted with John Andrews for killing Bama Andrews, the wife of Jim Andrews. It seems from the record that Jim Andrews was also found dead, whether from violence at the hands of other parties, or from self-inflicted violence, does not clearly appear. The defendant attempted to prove by the witness McKinney that the witness A. Gf. Andrews told him, on the night of the killing and immediately after the killing,…
1Opinion of the CourtSimpson, J.
The defendant in this case was convicted of the crime of murder in the first degree and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for life. The defendant moved to quash the venire, because the copy of the indictment served on him differed from the original. It is contended that the variance between the original indictment and the copy served on the defendant is that where the indictment has “whose” the copy has “whos,” and where the indictment has “shooting” the copy has “shooling.” In the first place, if there is anything in the slight variance which is not self-correctng, it would not…
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