Fariss v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Erom tire City Court of Montgomery. Tried before tbe Hon. Thos. M. Arrington. Tbe defendant in tbis ease, Irvine Eariss, a freedman, was indicted for tbe murder of Robert Cater (or Cato), another freedman, by shooting him with a pistol; was convicted of manslaughter in tbe first degree, and sentenced to tbe penitentiary for tbe term of ten years.
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Erom tire City Court of Montgomery. Tried before tbe Hon. Thos. M. Arrington. Tbe defendant in tbis ease, Irvine Eariss, a freedman, was indicted for tbe murder of Robert Cater (or Cato), another freedman, by shooting him with a pistol; was convicted of manslaughter in tbe first degree, and sentenced to tbe penitentiary for tbe term of ten years. On tbe trial, as tbe bill of exceptions shows, tbe name of J. L. Cobbs being drawn as a juror, who was one of tbe persons.summoned as regular jurors for tbe week, and whose name was included in tbe special venire served on tbe defendant, tbe…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, C. J.
— The defendant was indicted for murder, and convicted of manslaughter in the first degree.
*4On March 10, 1888, the defendant was arraigned, pleaded not guilty, and Thursday, April 12, 1888, was set for the trial. The court ordered that “fifty jurors, including the regular jurors summoned, for the week in which this case is set for trial, he summoned for the trial of this cause.” No question is raised on the summoning and impanelling of the jury, except what is after shown.
The case was taken up for trial during the week for which it was set. Pending the drawing of jurors for the purpose of…
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