Johnson v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
From the City Court of Selma. Tried, before the Hon. Jona. Haralson. The defendant in this case, "Willie Johnson, was indicted, jointly with Saunders Collier, for the murder of Frances Lodgers, by shooting her with a pistol; and being tried separately, a severance having been granted, was convicted of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to death by hanging.
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From the City Court of Selma. Tried, before the Hon. Jona. Haralson. The defendant in this case, "Willie Johnson, was indicted, jointly with Saunders Collier, for the murder of Frances Lodgers, by shooting her with a pistol; and being tried separately, a severance having been granted, was convicted of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to death by hanging. The deceased was shot and killed on Saturday night, November 19th, 1887, between the hours o£ eight and nine, by a man who came to her house and called her to the door. Harriet Gladden, who lived in the house with her, thus testified…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, C. J.
Dallas county has a jury system, secured to it by statute, which is peculiar to itself. — Sess. Acts 1882-83, p. 273; Ib. 1884-5, p. 192; Ib. 1886-7, p. 209. We are not informed that any objection was made to the formation of the grand or petit jury, and we find in the record no ground for objection to this part of the proceedings. Since the decision in Evans v. State, 80 Ala. 4, the jury law of Dallas county has been so changed, as that “whenever the judge of the Circuit, or the judge of the City Court of Selma, shall deem it proper to set two or more criminal cases for trial on the same…
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