Allen v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Talladega City Court. Heard before Horn G. K. Miller. William H. Allen ivas convicted of seduction and he appealed.
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Appeal from Talladega City Court. Heard before Horn G. K. Miller. William H. Allen ivas convicted of seduction and he appealed. The court should not have required the defendant to announce ready for trial before disposing of his motion to quash. — Crawford v. The State, 112 Ala. 1. The offense of seduction as defined by the statute was not-indictable at common law. — Wilson v. The State, 73 Ala. 527. The motion to quash should have been granted. — Hart v. The State, 117 Ala. 183. The defendant should have been allowed to prove by the grand jurors that there was no corroborative evidence…
1Opinion of the CourtMayfield, J.
The defendant was indicted, tried, convicted, and sentenced to the penitentiary for three years for the offense of seduction. The defendant, before pleading not guilty, moved the court to quash the indictment upon various grounds contained in his motion. The state filed what is called an answer to this motion, though in fact it is not such; but, if the matter set up therein were availing at all, it would be as a demurrer to motion. The defendant moved to strike the answer, and each ground thereof, and after the motion was overruled demurred thereto, and the demurrer was also overruled. The…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Crawford v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1895
- Sparrenberger v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1875
- Kenyon v. . the PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1863
- Wilson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1883
- Ande v. StateSupreme Court of Iowa · 1857
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