Hughes v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair. Tried before the Hon. George E. Brewer. The appellant was indicted and tried for the murder of one Thomas McKinley, was convicted of manslaughter in .the first degree, and sentenced to the penitentiary for ten .-years. The facts pertaining to the rulings of the court as to setting--a day for the-trial, and as to the verdict, judgment and sentence rendered thereon, are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair. Tried before the Hon. George E. Brewer. The appellant was indicted and tried for the murder of one Thomas McKinley, was convicted of manslaughter in .the first degree, and sentenced to the penitentiary for ten .-years. The facts pertaining to the rulings of the court as to setting--a day for the-trial, and as to the verdict, judgment and sentence rendered thereon, are sufficiently stated in the opinion. Among the other charges requested by the defendant, and to the refusal to give each of which the defendant separately excepted, were the following:-…
1Opinion of the CourtHaralson, J.
1. The transcript shows that an order was made on the 14th October, 1897, setting the 20th October, 1897, during the next succeeding and second /week of the term as the day of trial of defendant, and the sheriff was directed to summon 55 qualified' citizens of the county, including those persons summoned on the regular juries for that Aveek, and ordering him to serve a copy of the indictment and a list of the regular and special jurors summoned, one entire day before the day set for trial; all in substantial compliance with sections 4320 and 4449 of the Code of 1886, (Code of 1896, §§5004,…
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