Cribbs v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
From the City Court of Montgomery. Tried before the Hon. Thos. M. Arrington. The defendant in this case, "Wesley Cribbs, was indicted for the murder of Jack Thomas, “by striking or cutting him with a knife;” was convicted of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to the penitentiary for the term of nineteen years.
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From the City Court of Montgomery. Tried before the Hon. Thos. M. Arrington. The defendant in this case, "Wesley Cribbs, was indicted for the murder of Jack Thomas, “by striking or cutting him with a knife;” was convicted of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to the penitentiary for the term of nineteen years. On the trial, as appears from the bill of exceptions, it was shown that the killing occurred in January, 1888, about sunrise in the morning, on a plantation in the county where the parties were employed and resided, both of them being freedmen; that the deceased was sharpening…
1Opinion of the CourtClopton, J.
Threats by the accused against the party slain are not rendered inadmissible, because made a few months before the homicide, nor because th.ey may be in some respect conditional, nor because the defendant, on being advised or cautioned, may immediately retract them. Though they may not be, of themselves, convincing evidence of guilt, they are admissible in evidence when followed by the homicide, as evincing the criminal intent, from which, in connection with other circumstances, guilt may be logically inferred. Their probative force is a question for the jury, dependent on their nature, and…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Ford v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1882
- Winslow v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1884
- Nye v. PeopleMichigan Supreme Court · 1876
- Harrington v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1887
- Carter v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1886
3Cited by24 opinions
- Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1913
- Wilkins v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1893
- Kilpatrick v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1925
- Rutledge v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1889
- Goodwin v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1893
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