Green v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Macon Circuit Court. Tried before Hon. John P. Hubbard. At the Spring Term, 1882, of said court, Bill Creen, the appellee, was indicted and tried for the murder of John Tanner, and was convicted of murder in the second degree.
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Appeal from Macon Circuit Court. Tried before Hon. John P. Hubbard. At the Spring Term, 1882, of said court, Bill Creen, the appellee, was indicted and tried for the murder of John Tanner, and was convicted of murder in the second degree. The cause was tried on the plea of not guilty; and on the trial, the State examined as a witness one Martha Holland, whose testimony, while somewhat inconsistent, one part with another, may be substantially stated as follows: That one night in the latter part of December, 1881, the deceased, the defendant, and one Anderson Lewis were at her house; that she…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
Two witnesses were present when the homicide charged in this case was perpetrated. Neither of them was looking towards the parties when the pistol was fired, and neither of them saw the act done. There is obscurity in the testimony relating to the conduct of the parties immediately preceding and attending the fatal act. Angry words were being interchanged, and the deceased spoke last. The ball entered at the back, which shows that deceased was not facing the accused when he received the fatal wound. The obscurity arises out of the following testimony: Immediately on hearing the report of the…
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