Meinaka v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Feom tbe Circuit Court of Bussell. Tried before tbe Hon. James E. Cobb. Tbe prisoner in tbis case, Charles Meinaka, was indicted for tbe murder of Albertus B. Lyon, by shooting him with a gun; pleaded not guilty to tbe indictment; was convicted of murder in tbe first degree, and sentenced to imprisonment for life in tbe penitentiary.
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Feom tbe Circuit Court of Bussell. Tried before tbe Hon. James E. Cobb. Tbe prisoner in tbis case, Charles Meinaka, was indicted for tbe murder of Albertus B. Lyon, by shooting him with a gun; pleaded not guilty to tbe indictment; was convicted of murder in tbe first degree, and sentenced to imprisonment for life in tbe penitentiary. Tbe deceased was about sixty years old, and was killed on tbe night of 11th November, 1876, in the yard of bis own residence, near Crawford in said county, while going from tbe bouse to tbe well for a bucket of water. On tbe trial, tbe prisoner reserved several…
1Opinion of the Court
STONE, J. —
All that we can affirm of the inducements held out to the prisoner is, that he was importuned to confess if guilty, and not to confess if innocent. The reasons offered in the latter category why he should remain firm, and abstain from confession, were quite as strong and controlling, *56as were those offered in tbe former to induce him to confess. As was said in Aaron’s case, 37 Ala. 115, “to suppose that tbe prisoner was influenced by tbe declaration to make tbe confession, is to concede bis guilt; for, in no other contingency, was be advised to confess. The prisoner, if innocent,…
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