Woodley v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the City Courty of Montgomery. - Tried before the Hon. Thomas M. Arrington. The appellants, Joe, Aleck and Wilson Woodley, were indicted jointly with one Jim Calloway, for the murder ofE.H. Grant. Upon the arraignment of the defendants, the said Calloway pleaded “guilty,” and the defendants “notguilty.” Thereupon a day was fixed for the trial, and an order was made by the court for 100 jurors to be summoned to try the eases.
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Appeal from the City Courty of Montgomery. - Tried before the Hon. Thomas M. Arrington. The appellants, Joe, Aleck and Wilson Woodley, were indicted jointly with one Jim Calloway, for the murder ofE.H. Grant. Upon the arraignment of the defendants, the said Calloway pleaded “guilty,” and the defendants “notguilty.” Thereupon a day was fixed for the trial, and an order was made by the court for 100 jurors to be summoned to try the eases. The same list of names were served on each of the defendants in this case and on Calloway. On the day set for trial, the said Calloway was tried first, and…
1Opinion of the CourtColeman, J.
The appellants were convicted of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to suffer death. With but two or three exceptions, the questions reserved for review were considered and disposed of in the case of Ezell v. The State, p. 8, in which a decision was rendered during the present weelt of the court. The record shows that one Jim Calloway was indicted jointly with appellants ; that when the prisoners were arraigned, Jim Calloway entered a plea of “guilty,” and the appellants each pleaded to the indictment “not guilty.” A jury was then empanelled against the objection of Calloway, who…
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