Nordan v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Henry Circuit Court. Tried before Hon. John P. I-Itjbbaed. Tbe appellant, Walter L. Nordan, was indicted for the murder of his wife, Nola Nordan, by administer in»', or causing to be administered to her, poison. It is not necessary to set out the various counts contained in the indictment; nor is it necessary to set out in detail the evidence given.upon the trial.
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Appeal from Henry Circuit Court. Tried before Hon. John P. I-Itjbbaed. Tbe appellant, Walter L. Nordan, was indicted for the murder of his wife, Nola Nordan, by administer in»', or causing to be administered to her, poison. It is not necessary to set out the various counts contained in the indictment; nor is it necessary to set out in detail the evidence given.upon the trial. It was shown without dispute that the deceased complained of suffering from a headache; that, cn request, the defendant brought her certain powders, which he represented to be headache powders; that the deceased took…
1Opinion of the CourtDowdell, J.
The defendant was tried and convicted on an indictment charging him with murder. The indictment as returned into court by the grand jury contained eleven counts. A nolle prosequi was afterwards, on motion of the solicitor, entered as to four of them, the third, fourth, fifth and seventh. To the remaining counts demurrers were interposed by the defendant, and Avhich demurrers the court overruled.
Some of these counts are wanting in proper averments, while others contain unnecessary averments. The first and second fail to aver that the defendant killed the deceased, except possibly in an…
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