May v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Lauderdale Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. C. P. Almon. John J. May was convicted of homicide, and he appeals. The matters of evidence objected to sufficiently appear in the opinion.
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Appeal from Lauderdale Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. C. P. Almon. John J. May was convicted of homicide, and he appeals. The matters of evidence objected to sufficiently appear in the opinion. The following charges were refused to the defendant: (11) “The law is a reasonable master, and if the evidence shows you that at the time of the killing the appearances of danger surrounding the defendant were such as to produce a reasonable belief in the mind of the defendant that his life was in danger, or that he was about to suffer great bodily harm, and that the defendant was without fault in…
1Opinion of the CourtSaybe, J.
The homicide for which defendant was on trial occurred in the presence of a number of witnesses. There was evidence on behalf of the defendant which tended to show a case of self-defense. The trial judge admitted evidence of threats said to have been made by the deceased against the defendant on various occasions. A number of exceptions were reserved to those rulings of the court which denied defendant’s offers to show circumstances not a part of the res gasüb nor amounting to threats, but in our judgment they hardly call for extensive treatment. Statements said to have been made by the…
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