Rayfield v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Anniston City Court. Heard, before Hon. Thomas W. Coleman, Jr. Tom Bayfield was convicted of violating tfie prohibición laws, and he appeals. The court erred in the charge given.
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Appeal from Anniston City Court. Heard, before Hon. Thomas W. Coleman, Jr. Tom Bayfield was convicted of violating tfie prohibición laws, and he appeals. The court erred in the charge given. It is not only a charge upon the effect of the evidence but pretermitted the consideration of the plea of insanity. — Young v. The State, 58 Ala. 358; Campbell v. The State, 79 Ala. 271; Morgan v. The State, 81 Ala. 72; BuBois v. The State, 87 Ala. 101; Bonds v. The State, 130 Ala. 117; Maples v. The State, 130 Ala. 121. Hnder the evidence in this case, the defendant was not guilty as charged. — Amos v.…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, J.
In any possible view of the evidence in this case the defendant could not be acquitted under his plea of not guilty. If he merely aided, etc., in the unlawful purchase, etc., of the liquor in question, and did not himself sell the liquor to Bailey, he violated Code 1907, § 7363. That statute provides for a conviction of its violation under an indictment in the usual form. — Darrington v. State, 162 Ala. 60, 50 South. 396. If he sold the liquor to Bailey, he was, of course, guilty beyond question.
There was a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity. The charge, given at the request of the…
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