Vaughn v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Circuit Court, Blount County; W. J. Martin, Judge. A1 Henry Vaughn was convicted of murder in the second degree, and he appeals. For former report of this see Vaughan v. State, 201 Ala. 472, 78 South. 378, where a statement of many of the facts are found to he set out. Matter relative to the motion to quash the venire sufficiently appear from thp opinion, as do many of the exceptions to evidence.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Blount County; W. J. Martin, Judge. A1 Henry Vaughn was convicted of murder in the second degree, and he appeals. For former report of this see Vaughan v. State, 201 Ala. 472, 78 South. 378, where a statement of many of the facts are found to he set out. Matter relative to the motion to quash the venire sufficiently appear from thp opinion, as do many of the exceptions to evidence. The questions to the witness Lon Wallace were as follows: “By the State’s Counsel: You remember my coming to the field where you were plowing some ten days after the shooting, don’t…
1Opinion of the CourtSamford, J.
On the trial of the cause the defendant moved the court to quash the venire from which a jury was to be selected to try his case on the ground that the court had no authority to draw additional jurors, in addition to juries numbered 1 and 2, and three jurors on jury numbered 3, which the court did. confining the jurors so drawn to those living within five miles of the county seat. On the hearing of the motion, the following facts were agreed to;
“It was admitted that on Monday, immediately after the calling of the case and after the state had announced ready for trial, and defendant had been…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Crawford v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1895
- Moulton v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1889
- Evans v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1895
- Cooper v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1888
- White v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1895
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Stewart v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1921
- Anderson v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1968
- Stephens v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1920
- Beatty v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1953
- Jackson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1977
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