Taylor v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Elmore Oircuit Court. Tried before Hon. James Q. Smith. The opinion states the facts.
1Opinion of the CourtBrickell, C. J.
Two Witnesses, one of whom had been convicted of burglary, in the City Court of Montgomery, a court of competent jurisdiction, and the other of grand larceny, in the same court, were received as witnesses on behalf of the State, against the objection of the appellants. The judgments of conviction were in full force, and the witnesses were undergoing the punishment to which they had been respectively sentenced.
The rule of the common law is, that persons convicted of treason, felony, and the crimen falsi, were rendered infamous, and were disqualified as witnesses in cases civil or criminal. 1…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Doe, on the Demise of Maguire v. SmithIndiana Supreme Court · 1837
3Cited by11 opinions
- Sylvester v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1881
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- Planters' & Merchants' Insurance v. TunstallSupreme Court of Alabama · 1882
- Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1900
- Fuller v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1906
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