Jones v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Murder. Appeal from Geneva Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. H. A. Pearce. Rudolph Jones, alias, etc., was convicted of murder in the second degree, and he appeals.
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Murder. Appeal from Geneva Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. H. A. Pearce. Rudolph Jones, alias, etc., was convicted of murder in the second degree, and he appeals. The appellant was jointly indicted with Jesse Pal-more at the spring term, 1914, of the circuit court of Geneva county for murder in the first degree; the indictment being in the following words: “The grand jury of this county charge that, before the finding of this indictment, Rudolph Jones, alias Rodolph Jones and Jesse Palmore, unlawfully and with malice aforethought killed Tully Etheridge by striking him with some weapon the…
1Opinion of the Court
BB.ÓWN, J.(1) The fact that the deceased when he left home had money in his possession was pertinent, as tending to show motive for the crime, as ivas the testimony showing that deceased exhibited his purse at Snellgrove’s house and made statements with reference to the value of its contents in the presence of the defendant, and this testimony was properly allowed to go to the jury. While evidence showing motive is not indispensable, and therefore not an element of the burden of proof resting on the prosecution, motive is always a legitimate subject of inquiry on the trial of one charged with…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- People v. . MolineuxNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Hornsby v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1891
- Commonwealth v. ChanceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1899
- Mitchell v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1877
- Gibson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1889
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3Cited by45 opinions
- Vernon v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1940
- Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1948
- Gautney v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1969
- Jacobs v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1977
- Harris v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1977
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