Smith v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
From: the Criminal Court of Jefferson. Tried before tbe Hon. S. E. Greene. Tbe defendant in this case, Henry Smith, was indicted, jointly with Joe Gill, for the murder of J. D. Connelly, by shooting him with a pistol; and being tried separately, was convicted of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to death. No objection was raised in the court below either to the indictment or to the jury, and there was no motion in arrest of judgment.
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From: the Criminal Court of Jefferson. Tried before tbe Hon. S. E. Greene. Tbe defendant in this case, Henry Smith, was indicted, jointly with Joe Gill, for the murder of J. D. Connelly, by shooting him with a pistol; and being tried separately, was convicted of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to death. No objection was raised in the court below either to the indictment or to the jury, and there was no motion in arrest of judgment. The testimony adduced on the trial, as set out in the bill of exceptions, showed that the homicide occurred on the evening of January 17th, 1888, at the…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, C. J.
1. Questions affecting the drawing and summoning of the jury which tried the defendant in this case, have been pressed upon our consideration. No objection was raised on either of these grounds in the trial court, and the record fails to show an error or irregularity in the matters complained of. — Act to expedite the trial of capital cases in Jefferson county, approved February 11, 1889; Sess. *76Acts, 324. We can not presume error in the matter of drawing the petit juries for the courts, or for the different weeks of the term, nor that the sheriff failed in diligence in summoning the persons…
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