Williams v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Circuit Court, Cullman County ; Robert C. Brickell, Judge. Felix Williams was convicted of murder in, the second degree, and he appeals. The venire should have been quashed. Acts 1909, p. 318; 15 Ala. App. 304, 73 South. 141; 171 Ala. 38, 55 South. 118; 172 Ala. 418, 55 South. 601; 185 Ala. 20, 64 South. 80. Counsel discuss charges 27 and 29, but without citation of authority.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Cullman County ; Robert C. Brickell, Judge. Felix Williams was convicted of murder in, the second degree, and he appeals. The venire should have been quashed. Acts 1909, p. 318; 15 Ala. App. 304, 73 South. 141; 171 Ala. 38, 55 South. 118; 172 Ala. 418, 55 South. 601; 185 Ala. 20, 64 South. 80. Counsel discuss charges 27 and 29, but without citation of authority. The order complained of was a sufficient compliance with the statute. 185 Ala.’ 24, 64 South. 80; 176 Ala. 1, 58 South. 202 ; 5-Ala. App. 43, 59 South. 708. The charges complained of were fully covered by…
1Opinion of the CourtBricken, P. J.
Felix Williams, the defendant, was indicted for murder in the first degree, the indictment charging that he unlawfully and with malice aforethought killed Lommie Florence, by shooting him with a gun, etc: He was tried upon this indictment, and was convicted of the offense of murder in the second degree; the jury fixing his punishment at imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of ten years. From this judgment the defendant appeals to this court, and insists that the order of the court fixing the number of the special venire is insufficient, because it did not in specific words designate…
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- Costello v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1912
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