Reynolds v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Bibb Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. B. M. Miller. Morris • Reynolds, Arthur Glass, and Hubbard Glass were convicted of the murder of Scott Craddock, and they appeal.
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Appeal from Bibb Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. B. M. Miller. Morris • Reynolds, Arthur Glass, and Hubbard Glass were convicted of the murder of Scott Craddock, and they appeal. The following charges were refused to defendants: (1) If the witness John Allen made the statement in writing to Reuben Reynolds and Frank Fallon, admitted in evidence, then the jury may take into consideration the making of such statement in determining what weight they will give to the testimony in this case of John Allen as testified to by him. (2) If the jury believe from the evidence that the witness Minnie…
1Opinion of the Court
SAYRE, J.(1) Defendants were convicted of murder in the second degree, and each of them sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for 30 years. After due consideration We find that the judgment must be reversed for the court’s refusal of *588charges numbered, 1, 2, 3, and 15 in the record. The case is interesting; but in view of the fact that another trial will be ordered, we do not propose to discuss the evidence. It will be enough to say that the hypotheses of these charges were supported by tendencies of the evidence, and in the peculiar circumstances of the case they may have been of…
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