James v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court of Dallas. Tried before Hon. George H. Craig. The appellant was indicted for and convicted of robbery. The evidence showed that he and one Hardy were traveling along the same road, and that the articles taken, contained in a bag, were handed by witness to defendant to be carried for him.
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Appeal from Circuit Court of Dallas. Tried before Hon. George H. Craig. The appellant was indicted for and convicted of robbery. The evidence showed that he and one Hardy were traveling along the same road, and that the articles taken, contained in a bag, were handed by witness to defendant to be carried for him. They walked along together for about three quarters of a mile, and left the road, and were then in a field, when defendant, who was walking by the side of witness, took a step backwards, and knocked the prosecutor down and insensible, carrying off the goods,, consisting of a sack of…
1Opinion of the CourtManning, J.
By § 4063 of the Revised. Code, it is made the duty of the sheriff, judge of probate, and clerk of the circuit court in each county, bi-ennially, to make a list of the names of “such persons as, in their opinion, are competent to discharge the duties of grand and petit jurors, with honesty, impartiality and intelligence, and are esteemed in the community for their integrity, fair character and sound judgment; but no person is to be selected who is under twenty-one years of age, or over sixty, years of age, or who is a habitual drunkard, or who is afflicted with a permanent disease.”
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