Maxwell v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
A peal from Wilcox Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. B. M. Miller. Joe Maxwell was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree on an indictment for murder in the second degree, and he appeals. The person alleged to have been killed was Turner Blackmon. The other facts sufficiently appear from the opinion.
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A peal from Wilcox Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. B. M. Miller. Joe Maxwell was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree on an indictment for murder in the second degree, and he appeals. The person alleged to have been killed was Turner Blackmon. The other facts sufficiently appear from the opinion. The following charges were refused to defendant : (13) If defendant did not provoke or bring on the difficulty, but went to the house of deceased in an orderly and peaceful manner, and deceased becoming angry and insulting, advanced upon defendant with an axe in a threatening manner, and if…
1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.
The addition of “Junior,” or its abbreviation, to a name is a mere matter of description, and is no part of the name. It is generally used to distinguish between father and son of the same name who reside in the same community. — 17 Am. & Eng. Ency. Law, 1036.
*58Such a suffix, however, is not the only means or method of distinguishing between two such persons bearing the same name, and who live in the same place. In the present case Frank L. Moore was drawn and summoned as one of the regular jurors, and his name was on the venire to try defendant’s case. His occupation is given on the jury slip…
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- Moulton v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1889
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- Maddox v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
- Rutledge v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1889
- Campbell v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1901
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- Talley v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1915
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