Davis v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Mobile County; Joel W. Goldsby, Judge. Richard Davis, alias, was convicted of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to death, and appeals. No brief came to the Reporter.
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
The defendant was indicted, tried, and convicted of murder in the first degree. 1-Iis punishment was fixed at death.
[1] There are no .assignmenfs of error. This is not necessary in a criminal case. Section 6264, Criminal Code 1907.
We find no briefs in the record. There is no bill of exceptions in the transcript. None of the testimony is before us. We have read carofull., the record.
[2] The court on July 19, 1920, fixed the number of persons to constitute the venire at 100. It directed that these 100 persons be composed of the 37 regular jurors drawn and summoned for the week the case was set…
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