Young v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
FROM the City Court of Mobile. Tried before the Hon. O. J. Semmes. The defendant in this case, Bobert Young, was indicted for the murder of Jesse White, by shooting him with a pistol; was convifeted of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to the penitentiary for the term of ten years.
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FROM the City Court of Mobile. Tried before the Hon. O. J. Semmes. The defendant in this case, Bobert Young, was indicted for the murder of Jesse White, by shooting him with a pistol; was convifeted of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to the penitentiary for the term of ten years. The difficulty between the parties occurred on the evening of May 7th, 1891, in the city of Mobile, at or near the defendant’s shop, whither the deceased had gone to do some writing for him; but the attendant circumstances, if fully developed on the trial, are not clearly stated in the bill of exceptions.…
1Opinion of the CourtColeman, J.
Tbe first exception relates to tbe admission of statements by tbe deceased as dying declarations. Tbe testimony tends to show that tbe attending physician was called professionally to see deceased on tbe 7th day of May, 1891, immediately after tbe fatal shot was fired. Tbe physician testifies that deceased “was suffering very much, and was then in a dying condition;” “that be died at 6 o’clock A. M. on May 9th, 1891; that it was hardly two days from tbe time be was first called; that be told deceased that be was going to die.” "With tbe exception of a description of tbe wound, and that it…
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