Griffin v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
From the Criminal Court of Jefferson. Tried before the Hon. S. E. Greene. The defendant in this case, Joe Griffin, was indicted for the murder of William Garrett, by shooting him with a pistol; was convicted of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to death. The homicide was committed in September, 1889. On the trial, the prosecution offered to prove by one Alex.
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From the Criminal Court of Jefferson. Tried before the Hon. S. E. Greene. The defendant in this case, Joe Griffin, was indicted for the murder of William Garrett, by shooting him with a pistol; was convicted of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to death. The homicide was committed in September, 1889. On the trial, the prosecution offered to prove by one Alex. Jackson, that he heard the defendant make threats against the deceased about two weeks previous to said killing;” also, by Missouri Jones, “ that defendant and said Garrett had a difficulty about four months previous to said…
1Opinion of the CourtColeman, J.
The defendant was tried for murder, convicted, and sentenced to suffer death. The trial coming on to be heard, the defendant moved the court to quash the venirer 1st, on the ground that a copy of the indictment had not been served upon him, as required by law; and, 2d, upon the ground that a copy of the venire had not been served upon him, as required by law. In support of the motion, the defendant proved by one John G. Bradley, that he wrote the return of the sheriff, and signed the sheriff’s name thereto, without any special direction of the sheriff in that particular case, but under a…
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