Walker v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
From tbe City Court of Montgomery. Tried before tbe Hon. Thos. M. Arrington. Tbe defendant in tbis ease, A. 0. Walker, was indicted ■ for an assault on Daisy Harris, a mulatto woman, witb intent to murder ber; was tried on issue joined on tbe plea of not guilty, convicted, and sentenced to imprisonment in tbe penitentiary for tbe term of five years.
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From tbe City Court of Montgomery. Tried before tbe Hon. Thos. M. Arrington. Tbe defendant in tbis ease, A. 0. Walker, was indicted ■ for an assault on Daisy Harris, a mulatto woman, witb intent to murder ber; was tried on issue joined on tbe plea of not guilty, convicted, and sentenced to imprisonment in tbe penitentiary for tbe term of five years. On tbe trial, as tbe bill of exceptions shows, tbe State introduced evidence tending to prove that the defendant and said Daisy Harris had been living together in adultery for two or three years, in Montgomery, Birmingham, and Pensacola; that she…
1Opinion of the CourtClopton, J.
— All minor or evidentiary circumstances, *10which, tend to shed light on the intent of the defendant, are admissible in evidence against him, though they may have transpired previous to the commission of the offense. Motive is an inferential fact, and may be inferred not merely from the attendant and surrounding circumstances, but, in conjunction with these, all previous occurrences having reference to, and connected with the commission of the offense. It having been shown that the defendant and the woman injured had lived in adultery for some time, and that she left him, in May, 1887; and…
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