Parsons v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from City Court of Birmingham. Tried befere the Hon. H. A. Sharpe. The indictment in this case charged that the defendants, Nancy J. Parsons and Joe Parsons, unlawfully and with malice aforethought killed Bennett Parsons by shooting him with a gun. When the said cause was called for trial, the defendants objected to being put upon trial, on the ground that a list of jurors summoned for their trial, had not been delivered to them.
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Appeal from City Court of Birmingham. Tried befere the Hon. H. A. Sharpe. The indictment in this case charged that the defendants, Nancy J. Parsons and Joe Parsons, unlawfully and with malice aforethought killed Bennett Parsons by shooting him with a gun. When the said cause was called for trial, the defendants objected to being put upon trial, on the ground that a list of jurors summoned for their trial, had not been delivered to them. In support of the motion it was shown that defendants, since the indictment was found, had been confined in jail; that the list of names, delivered to them,…
1Opinion of the CourtSomerville, J.
— In this case the defendants have been convicted of the murder of Bennett Parsons, by shooting him with a gun, one of the defendants being the wife and the other the daughter of the deceased. The defense set up in the trial was the plea of insanity, the evidence tending to show that the *581daughter was an idiot, and the mother and wife a lunatic, subject to insane delusions, and that the killing on her part was the offspring and product of those delusions.
The rulings of the court raise some questions of no less difficulty than of interest, for, as observed by a distinguished American judge, “of…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Bradley v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1869
- Ford v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1882
- Dejarnette v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1881
- Roberts v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1847
- Hopps v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1863
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