Dawson v. Matthews
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the City Court of Montgomery. Heard before the Hon. Thomas M. Arrington . The appellee, H. H. Matthews, as clerk of the city court of Montgomery, filed a petition, addressed to the judge of the city court of Montgomery, in which he averred that on December 9, 1893, one Hillard Smith was duly convicted of murder in the first degree in the city court of Montgomery, and sentenced to be hanged ; that afterwards, on July 14, 1894, after the affirmance of the judgment…
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Appeal from the City Court of Montgomery. Heard before the Hon. Thomas M. Arrington . The appellee, H. H. Matthews, as clerk of the city court of Montgomery, filed a petition, addressed to the judge of the city court of Montgomery, in which he averred that on December 9, 1893, one Hillard Smith was duly convicted of murder in the first degree in the city court of Montgomery, and sentenced to be hanged ; that afterwards, on July 14, 1894, after the affirmance of the judgment by the Supreme Court, the sentence of death imposed by the city court was commuted by the Governor to imprisonment for…
1Opinion of the CourtHaralson, J.
In the act to create a new convict system for the State of Alabama, (Acts, 1892-93, p. 214), it is provided in section 54 : “That upon the conviction and sentence of any person to the penitentiary, the clerk of the court in which the sentence is pronounced, shall immediately transmit to the superintendent of convicts, a certified copy of such sentence, and a certified copy of the statement put upon the minutes of the court under the direction of the court as required by this law, [which statement has reference to the convict’s trade and business &c., as provided to be entered on the minutes,…
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