Titus v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Madison. Tried before the Hon. H. C. Speake. The appellant, Albert Titus, was indicted, tried and convicted of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to the penitentiary for fifteen years. ■ The testimony for the State tended to show that on the night of the killing, there was a dance going on at a house near the scene of the killing; that the defendant came to the house and asked to see one Willie Faunfield, a woman in the house,…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Madison. Tried before the Hon. H. C. Speake. The appellant, Albert Titus, was indicted, tried and convicted of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to the penitentiary for fifteen years. ■ The testimony for the State tended to show that on the night of the killing, there was a dance going on at a house near the scene of the killing; that the defendant came to the house and asked to see one Willie Faunfield, a woman in the house, remarking that he wanted his knife and his clothes ; that Willie Faunfield came out of the house, went into her room and gave…
1Opinion of the CourtColeman, J.
The defendant was convicted of murder in the second degree. During the trial the defendant reserved certain exceptions to the rulings of the court, which are presented for consideration of this court.
A witness testified that she saw defendant stab deceased in the chest, and as deceased attempted to seize the defendant, she saw one Henry Williams,' who was not on trial, stab decéased in the back. The court properly overruled ’ the motion of defendant to exclude so much of said evidence as referred to Henry Williams. He was present with defendant, and without provocation, so far as the record…
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