Ferguson v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from St. Clair Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. John Pelham. W. F. Ferguson was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, and fie appeals.
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Appeal from St. Clair Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. John Pelham. W. F. Ferguson was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, and fie appeals. Tfie evidence for tfie state tended to sfiow tfiat, on tfie afternoon on wfiicfi tfie killing occurred, Will Andrews and his mother were coming along the public road, approaching the store, dwelling, and barn of the defendant; that before they reached the store John Ferguson, the son of the defendant in this case, who was in defendant’s store, got his gun, walked out of the store and up the road towards defendant’s home, passed the house and…
1Opinion of the Court
McCLELLAN, J. —
The case has on two former occasions engaged the attention of this court, and is reported in 134 Ala. 63, 32 South. 760, 92 Am. St. Rep. 17, and 141 Ala. 26, 37 South. 448. The appellant appeals from a judgment of conviction of manslaughter in the first degree. The facts of this offense -are shown by this record to be, for present purposes, in substantial accord with those presented on the former appeals, and reiteration is unnecessary. -Errors are assigned, and we consider them seriatim.
The first, second, and third assignments are based, in the order stated, upon the action of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Morris v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1906
- Ferguson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1901
- Thomas v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1903
- Ferguson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1904
3Cited by11 opinions
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