State ex rel. Atty. Gen. v. Martin
Supreme Court of Alabama
Original petition in the Supreme Court. Proceedings by the state of Alabama on the relation of the attorney general to impeach William Martin as sheriff of Hale county. The defendant discharged.
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Original petition in the Supreme Court. Proceedings by the state of Alabama on the relation of the attorney general to impeach William Martin as sheriff of Hale county. The defendant discharged. The first specification is that the respondent, as sheriff, has been guilty of willful neglect of duty in allowing or permitting a prisoner in his charge as such sheriff, and under the sentence of death, to obtain carbolic acid or other poison for the purpose of self-destruction, thereby causing his death; for permitting or allowing a prisoner to receive or obtain any package without first…
1Per curiam
This court is of the opinion that the state has failed to make out its case as to either of the charges laid in the information, and therefore conclude, and it is the judgment of the court, that the defendant is not gulty, and that he be discharged and go hence.
MoCLELLAN, J.
Section 173 of the Constitution of 1901, as presently important, reads: “The Govern- or, Lieutenant-Governor, Attorney General, State Auditor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Superintendent of Education, Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, and Justices of the Supreme Court may be removed from office for…
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