Taylor v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Conecuh. Tried before the Hon. J. C. Richardson. The appellant in this case, George W. Taylor, was indicted by a grand jury of Conecuh county, for an assault with intent to murder, was tried and convicted in the circuit court of Conecuh county, and sentenced to the penitentiary for four and 'a half years.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Conecuh. Tried before the Hon. J. C. Richardson. The appellant in this case, George W. Taylor, was indicted by a grand jury of Conecuh county, for an assault with intent to murder, was tried and convicted in the circuit court of Conecuh county, and sentenced to the penitentiary for four and 'a half years. On the trial of the cause the defendant filed a .plea in abatement in which he averred that the offense charged in the indictment was committed in the county of Monroe, State of Alabama, within a quarter of a mile of the boundary lines of Conecuh and Monroe…
1Opinion of the CourtSharpe, J.
It is unnecessary here to decide whether criminal are like civil cases subject to the rule that the court first acquiring jurisdiction of a cause will retain it to the exclusion of other courts having concurrent jurisdiction. On that subject see Moore v. The State, 71 Ala. 307; Humphries v. The State 122 Ala. 110; Archibald’s Cr. Prac. (8fch ed.), 336. The jurisdiction of the Monroe county justice extended no further than to determine the probability of defendant’s guilt with a view to discharging him or holding him by commitment or bail to await a future prosecution. The offense being a…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Moore v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1882
- Ex parte HurnSupreme Court of Alabama · 1890
- Jackson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1891
- Grogan v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1870
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