Springfield v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Walker. Tried before the HoN. James B. Head. The appellant, Jim Springfield, was indicted for tbe murder of James Wilder, by shooting him with a pistol.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Walker. Tried before the HoN. James B. Head. The appellant, Jim Springfield, was indicted for tbe murder of James Wilder, by shooting him with a pistol. The testimony for the State tended to show that the deceased, Wilder, on the day of the killing had been to Jasper, in Walker county, as a witness for his brother-in-law in a criminal case against him for selling whiskey without a license, that the defendant, Springfield, and" one Jones attended court that day, haying been summoned as witnesses for the State in the case against Wilder’s brother-in-law, but…
1Opinion of the CourtThorington, J.
Appellant was tried under an indictment charging him with murder. The plea was self-defense, and he was found guilty of murder in the second degree. The only questions reserved on the trial for consideration by this court are exceptions to portions of the general charge given by the court to the jury, and the refusal of the court to give several special charges requested by appellant.
The general charge, on demand of ajDpellant, was given by the court in writing. We have examined it carefully as a whole and find it to be a fair, clear and correct statement of the law, and to cover fully every…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Gibson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1889
- Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1886
- Fonville v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1890
- Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1891
- Cleveland v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1888
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3Cited by15 opinions
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