Hall v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Api'kan from tlie Circuit Court of Cherokee. Tried before the Hon. J. A. Bibbeo. The appellant in this case, Joseph Hall, was jointly indicted with James O’Bannon for the murder of Elizabeth Gage, by shooting her with a pistol. The appellant was tried separately, was ’convicted of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to the penitentiary for eighteen years.
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Api'kan from tlie Circuit Court of Cherokee. Tried before the Hon. J. A. Bibbeo. The appellant in this case, Joseph Hall, was jointly indicted with James O’Bannon for the murder of Elizabeth Gage, by shooting her with a pistol. The appellant was tried separately, was ’convicted of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to the penitentiary for eighteen years. At the July term of the Cherokee circuit court, during the first week of said term, the court arraigned the defendant and set Tuesday of the second week of said court, which was the week for the trial of civil cases, as the day for…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, C. J.
Defendant’s objections to the action of the -court in arraigning him during the first, a -civil, week of the term and then -setting his trial for a day of the second, another -civil week of the term, and proceeding to hi-s trial -on the day so fixed, Avere without merit and properly disregarded by the court.—Goley v. State, 87 Ala. 57; Code, §§ 913, 5003.
*54The practice of writing only the initials of the Christian names of jurors on slips and lists prepared by jury commissioners, and on venires and copies thereof served on defendants, etc., etc., has too long obtained and been treated by all…
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