Goldsmith v. State

ANDERSON, Chief Justice.

Under a long line of decisions by this court, while an accused may be permitted to show that another committed the offense, that cannot be done by proving a confession or statement by another that he committed the offense with which the accused is charged. Such evidence is but hearsay. West v. State, 76 Ala. 98; Snow v. State, 58 Ala. 372; Welsh v. State, 96 Ala. 92, 11 So. 450; McDonald v. State, 165 Ala. 85, 51 So. 629; Donnelly v. United States, 228 U.S. 243, 33 S.Ct. 449, 57 L.Ed. 820, Ann.Cas.1913E, 710.

The case of Spicer v. State, 188 Ala. 9, 65 So. 972, 979, is…