Carroll v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Circuit Court, Jackson County; W. W■ Haralson, Judge. Sam Carroll was convicted of perjury, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
PER OURIAM.
[1,2] In the absence of the coroner or the event of his inability' to attend, any justice of the peace of the county is authorized to hold an inquest on the body of a deceased person under the rules and regulations prescribed by chapter 235 of the Code of 1907. Code 1907, § 7174a. So it was not improper, but permissible, for the state to show that the person who held the inquest was a justice of the precinct adjoining that in which the body was found, and that there was no justice in that precinct, and that he was called to hold the inquest, and the objection to this evidence was…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Sanders v. KnoxSupreme Court of Alabama · 1876
- Bates v. MorrisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1893
- Harwell v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1915
- McDaniel v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1892
- Ex Parte Mobile Light R. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1918
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