Dickey v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Madison Law and Equity Court. Heard before Hon. J. H, Ballentine. (This cause was reviewed by the Supreme Court, and the writ denied. See Dickey v. State, 197 Ala. 610, 73 South. 72.) Cecil Dickey was convicted of an assault with intent to murder one Stokely Milner, and he appeals. The exceptions to evidence sufficiently appear from the opinion, as do the tendencies of the evidence.
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Appeal from Madison Law and Equity Court. Heard before Hon. J. H, Ballentine. (This cause was reviewed by the Supreme Court, and the writ denied. See Dickey v. State, 197 Ala. 610, 73 South. 72.) Cecil Dickey was convicted of an assault with intent to murder one Stokely Milner, and he appeals. The exceptions to evidence sufficiently appear from the opinion, as do the tendencies of the evidence. The following is the charge given for the state: If you believe from all the evidence in this case beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant is guilty, although you may believe it is possible that…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
The questions presented for review arise from the admission of certain evidence offered by the state, the giving of a special charge requested by the solicitor, and the refusal of several charges requested by the defendant.(1) The bill of exceptions only sets out some of the evidence and some of the tendencies of the evidence, but does not purport to set out all the evidence, or even all the tendencies of the evidence. With the record in this condition, if the evidence objected to is not inherently incompetent, but such as may be competent and relevant in connection with other evidence, the…
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