Cauley v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
From the Circuit Court of Butler. Tried before the Hon. John P. Hubbard. The appellant, a negro man, was indicted, tried and convicted for living in a state of adultery with one Parthenia Grayson, a white woman; and was sentenced to the penitentiary for three years.
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From the Circuit Court of Butler. Tried before the Hon. John P. Hubbard. The appellant, a negro man, was indicted, tried and convicted for living in a state of adultery with one Parthenia Grayson, a white woman; and was sentenced to the penitentiary for three years. The evidence introduced for the State tended to show that the defendant was guilty of the charge preferred against him, while the testimony offered in his own behalf tended to show that he was not guilty as charged, and was in direct conflict with the State’s evidence. There were but two exceptions reserved on the trial, and only…
1Opinion of the CourtColeman, J.
The defendant was convicted of the offense of miscegenation, and sentenced to the penitentiary for three years. During the trial, the defendant introduced testimony to prove his general good character. On cross-examination, a witness was asked by the solicitor, “Do you know the general character of defendant about women ? and if so, what is that character ?” the witness replied, “that he did from what was said about it, and that his general character about women was, from what was said about it, that he was foolishly fond of women.” The evidence was objected to by the defendant, and a motion…
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