Medley v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Gadsden City Court. Heard before Hon. Alto V. Lee. Will Medley was convicted of assault and battery with a weapon, and he appeals.
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Appeal from Gadsden City Court. Heard before Hon. Alto V. Lee. Will Medley was convicted of assault and battery with a weapon, and he appeals. The following portions of the oral charge of the court were excepted to: “If you find from the evidence that defendant has proven a good character, you may look to that fact, along with the other facts in the case, to generate a reasonable doubt of his guilt; and this fact may entitle him to an acquittal when, upon all the facts in the case proven, there would be no reasonable doubt of his guilt without proof of such good character.” “If a juror has a…
1Opinion of the CourtTyson, C. J.
The defendant was charged with an assault with an intent to murder one Will Lokey. His conviction, however, was for an assault and battery *83with a weapon. The fact that defendant was seen in possession of the rifle from which the bullet was fired that struck Lokey, the condition of that weapon with respect to being cocked, and what he said was entirely competent; and this is true, notwithstanding all these facts' were deposed to as existing some minutes before the shooting.
The evidence is without dispute that Lokey was hit by a bullet fired from the rifle in the hands of defendant. The…
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- Shirley v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1906
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- Bailum v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1921
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