Andrews v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from tlie Circuit Court of Crensliaw. Tried before the Horn J. O. Richardson. The appellant, Butler Andrews, was indicted and tried for the murder of Boh Bogan, was convicted of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to- imprisonment in the penitentiary for life.
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Appeal from tlie Circuit Court of Crensliaw. Tried before the Horn J. O. Richardson. The appellant, Butler Andrews, was indicted and tried for the murder of Boh Bogan, was convicted of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to- imprisonment in the penitentiary for life. On the trial of tlie cause, the evidence for the State tended to show that the defendant shot Bob Bogan while his- hack was turned towards him, and Bogan was walking away from the defendant, and the defendant crept up behind him with a shot gun and fired upon him, inflicting a wound, from the effects of which he died. The…
1Opinion of the CourtDowdell, J.
On cross-examination- by the defendant of the State’s witness Bergin Harris, he was asked if he did not hear Bob Bogan (the deceased) on Sunday night, before the killing occurred, threaten defendant’s life. An objection to this question by the State was sustained. At this stage, no evidence had been offered showing any overt act or hostile demonstration on the part of the deceased at the time of the homicide, and the lulling of the court was, therefore, free from error. — Jones v. State, 116 Aa. 470, and cases *50there cited.
Charge 9 refused to the defendant was condemned by this court in Allen…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- State v. MurphySupreme Court of Alabama · 1844
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