Rice v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Ax>peal from Circuit Court, Baldwin County; A. E. Gamble, Judge. Sam Rice was convicted of robbery, and lie appeals. The witness Eubanks testified that tbe defendant made a statement to him; that he offered him no inducements, used no threats of violence, and held out no hope of reward; that in the statement defendant said he got broke in a skin game,.wanted some money, and thought a good way to get it was to shoot and rob Old Man Whitney; that he shot him in the back twice…
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Ax>peal from Circuit Court, Baldwin County; A. E. Gamble, Judge. Sam Rice was convicted of robbery, and lie appeals. The witness Eubanks testified that tbe defendant made a statement to him; that he offered him no inducements, used no threats of violence, and held out no hope of reward; that in the statement defendant said he got broke in a skin game,.wanted some money, and thought a good way to get it was to shoot and rob Old Man Whitney; that he shot him in the back twice and robbed him. Sheriff Richardson also testified to substantially The same thing. When the defendant came on to…
1Opinion of the CourtSayre, J.
[1-5] Appellant, being arraigned upon an indictment charging robbery, pleaded not guilty. Afterwards he was permitted by the court to add the further plea of “not guilty by reason of insanity.” This is shown- by the order of arraignment. The recital of the judgment entry showing the trial and its result is that—
“The said defendant being duly arraigned upon said indictment charging him with robbery for his plea thereto says not guilty.”
Appellant contends that the record aforesaid shows error for that it shows that the verdict and judgment failed to respond to his special plea of not guilty by…
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