Hawes v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
From the Criminal Court of Jefferson. Tried before tbe Hon. S. E. Greene. The defendant in tbis ease, Richard R. Hawes, or Dick Hawes, was indicted for the murder of his young daughter, May Hawes, “by drowning her, or by smothering her, or by strangling her, or by some means unknown to the grand jury;” and at the same time two other indictments were found against him, one charging him with the murder of his wife, Mrs. Emma Hawes, and the other with the murder of another…
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From the Criminal Court of Jefferson. Tried before tbe Hon. S. E. Greene. The defendant in tbis ease, Richard R. Hawes, or Dick Hawes, was indicted for the murder of his young daughter, May Hawes, “by drowning her, or by smothering her, or by strangling her, or by some means unknown to the grand jury;” and at the same time two other indictments were found against him, one charging him with the murder of his wife, Mrs. Emma Hawes, and the other with the murder of another daughter, Irene Hawes. The dead body of May Hawes was found floating on the water in East Lake, near Birmingham, on Tuesday…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, J.
Three applications for a change of venue were made in this case, and denied by the court. The first was filed on January 24, 1889, the second on the 8th of February, and the third on the 22d of April. The first was overruled on January 28th. The second was passed until April 23d, and, on that day, it and the third application were severally and successively refused. Separate exceptions were reserved by the defendant to the action of the court in each instance. The first application, with its exhibits, was, by reference and adoption, made a part of the second; and both the first and second,…
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