Green v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from tbe Circuit Court of Sumter. Tried before tbe Hon. S. H. Sprott. Tbe defendant was tried upon issue joined on tbe plea of not guilty. Evidence introduced by tbe State tended to sbow tbat tbe defendant and the deceased quarrelled while on tbe road to Livingston, near tbe five-mile post, and tbat tbe defendant killed tbe deceased in a ravine near tbat place.
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Appeal from tbe Circuit Court of Sumter. Tried before tbe Hon. S. H. Sprott. Tbe defendant was tried upon issue joined on tbe plea of not guilty. Evidence introduced by tbe State tended to sbow tbat tbe defendant and the deceased quarrelled while on tbe road to Livingston, near tbe five-mile post, and tbat tbe defendant killed tbe deceased in a ravine near tbat place. There was also evidence tending to show tbat tbe defendant first buried tbe deceased in tbe Cockrell field, and afterwads, with tbe assistance of bis brother, tbe witness Henry Green, took up the body, carried it to another…
1Opinion of the CourtColeman, J.
Tbe defendant was convicted of tbe murder of Harriet Marr and sentenced to be bung. Tbe case is brought here for review of tbe ruling of the trial court upon tbe admission of certain testimony, Tbe witness *31Armistead Gray was asked, “Do $ou know tbe place where Harriet Marr was said to have been killed?” Tbe witness answered be did. Both tbe question and answer were objected to. Prima fane, it may-be both tbe question and answer were objectionable. It is permissible, in fact, unavoidable, sometimes to propound a question, prima facie objectionable, when it is merely-introductory to other…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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