Young v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Chambers Circuit Court. Tried before Hon. James E. Cobb. At the Spring Term, 1882, of said court, the appellants, Charles Griffin and Robert Young, were indicted for the murder of William McOau, and at the same term they were tried, convicted of murder in the first degree, and, in accord-anee with the verdict of the jury, were sentenced to suffer death.
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Appeal from Chambers Circuit Court. Tried before Hon. James E. Cobb. At the Spring Term, 1882, of said court, the appellants, Charles Griffin and Robert Young, were indicted for the murder of William McOau, and at the same term they were tried, convicted of murder in the first degree, and, in accord-anee with the verdict of the jury, were sentenced to suffer death. On the trial it was conceded, that William McOan bad been killed on the night of November 30th, 1881, and there was evidence tending to show, that the defendants in the lower court were the parties who perpetrated the deed, and…
1Opinion of the Court
BEICKELL, 0. J.
Traces, or marks, at or near the scene of the crime, indicative of the presence or proximity of the accused, at or about the time of its commission, are admissible as facts, having a tendency to connect him with the crime. Burrill on Cir. Ev. 263. Such traces may be, or often are supposed to be derived from impressions of the person of the accused, or from instruments or objects identified as belonging to him or from fragments or portions of objects there found, corresponding with other portions found or *575known to have been in bis possession. Burrill on Cir. Ev. 263-73. Tbe…
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