Barnes v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal' from the City Court of Montgomery. Tried before flip Hon. William H. Thomas. Tlie appellant in this case, Jim ’Barnes, was indicted and tried for the murder of Cora Gibson, was convicted of manslaughter in the second degree, and sentenced to hard labor for the county for one year and fined five hundred dollars.
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Appeal' from the City Court of Montgomery. Tried before flip Hon. William H. Thomas. Tlie appellant in this case, Jim ’Barnes, was indicted and tried for the murder of Cora Gibson, was convicted of manslaughter in the second degree, and sentenced to hard labor for the county for one year and fined five hundred dollars. Before entering upon the trial, the defendant moved tlie court to quash the venire, upon the ground that the return of the sheriff showed that H. E. Battle, who was one of the special jurors drawn, and whose name was on the list served on the defendant as a juror for the trial…
1Opinion of the CourtTyson, J.
The defendant was convicted of mansloughter in the second degree, under an indictment charging murder in the first degree. Before entering *41upon t-lie trial a motion was made to quash the venire because the return of the sheriff thereon showed that one of the special jurors, whose name was on the list served upon defendant, was “not found.” This motion was overruled and properly so-. — Parsons v. The State, 81 Ala. 577; Webb v. The State, 100 Ala. 47. The cases of Thomas (94 Ala. 74) and Ryan (100 Ala. 108) relied upon by appellant have no application here. In those (‘ases names of persons…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Parsons v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1886
- Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1891
- Webb v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1893
- Thomas v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1891
- Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1893
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