Windom v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Circuit Court, De Kalb County; A. E. Gamble, Judge. John Windom was convicted of murder in the second degree, and he appeals.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, De Kalb County; A. E. Gamble, Judge. John Windom was convicted of murder in the second degree, and he appeals. The following charges were refused to the defendant: (10) “I charge you, gentlemen of the jury, that if you have a reasonable doubt arising out of the evidence as to whether or not the defendant acted in self-defense, and that if this doubt exists in the face of all the evidence, after you have considered all the testimony in the case, then you should acquit the defendant.” (13) “I charge you, gentlemen of the jury, that if you believe from the evidence in…
1Opinion of the CourtSamford, J.
[1] The statute (Acts 1915, p. 722), amendatory of section 2846 of the Code of 1907, providing for review by appellate courts of action of trial courts in granting or refusing motions for new trials, requires that exception be taken to the decision of the court, and that the substance ■of the evidence in the case shall be reduced to writing, and also the decision of the court on the motion, and the evidence taken in support of the motion and the decision of the court shall be included in the bill of exceptions. We have carefully examined the bill of exceptions, and do not find any exception…
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