Black v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Jefferson Criminal Court. Heard before Hon. William E. Fort. Cornelius Black was convicted of larceny, and he appeals. The question propounded to the witness Denson was as follows: “You simply turned the packages containing these goods over to the transfer company for delivery to the parties at 500 North Sixteenth street, did you not?” And witness answered: “Yes.”
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Appeal from Jefferson Criminal Court. Heard before Hon. William E. Fort. Cornelius Black was convicted of larceny, and he appeals. The question propounded to the witness Denson was as follows: “You simply turned the packages containing these goods over to the transfer company for delivery to the parties at 500 North Sixteenth street, did you not?” And witness answered: “Yes.” The court then asked: “You retain the title to the property, do you not?” And the witness answered: “Yes, sir; we simply turned the goods over to the transfer company for delivery.” The court then said: “You have a…
1Opinion of the CourtPelham, J.
The appellant was convicted of grand larceny in the criminal court of Jefferson county. On the trial the defendant reserved several exceptions to the rulings of the court on the admission of evidence, on the ground that the questions were leading and suggestive.
The trial court will not be put in error for permitting questions of this nature unless it clearly appears that the judicial discretion has been abused. The presiding judge allowed the rule against permitting leading ques*172tions to be propounded to witnesses to be violated frequently during the trial, but we cannot say, from an…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Walker v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1897
- Griffin v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1907
- Anderson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1893
- Hurd v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1891
- Forney v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1893
3Cited by4 opinions
- Sanford v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1954
- Veasey v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1925
- Bailey v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1927
- Milner v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1931