Roberts v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Ebom the Circuit Court of Monroe. Tried before the Hon. H. T. Toulmin. The indictment in this case charged, in a single count, that the defendant, Charles Roberts, “ unlawfully and with malice aforethought killed Duncan Rankin, by shooting him with a gun; against the peace,” &c.
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Ebom the Circuit Court of Monroe. Tried before the Hon. H. T. Toulmin. The indictment in this case charged, in a single count, that the defendant, Charles Roberts, “ unlawfully and with malice aforethought killed Duncan Rankin, by shooting him with a gun; against the peace,” &c. On his first trial under this indictment, the defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for life ; but the judgment was- reversed by this court, on a bill of exceptions reserved by him, and the cause was-remanded, as shown by the opinion delivered at the…
1Opinion of the CourtSomerville, J.
The objections raised to the organization of the grand jury in this case were considered, when .the case was last here by appeal, at the December term, 1880. We are satisfied, without further discussion, that the conclusion then reached by us was correct, and that these objections were not well taken.—Roberts v. State, at the last term; Acts 1878-9, p. 204.
The fact that the sheriff summoned on the special venire incompetent jurors who were disqualified to act, for any reason, statutory or otherwise, was no ground for quashing the venire. Such disqualifications would only furnish grounds upon…
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