Doby v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Jefferson Criminal Court. Heard before Hon. A. H. Alston. Will Doby was convicted of highway robbery, and he appeals. The facts sufficiently appear. The following portions of the oral charge noted in the opinion are as follows: E. Now, gentlemen, the question that is in this case, the pivotal point in it, I might say, is the identity of this man by Mr. Taylor, as being one of the two who robbed him upon the night that he said he was robbed.
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Appeal from Jefferson Criminal Court. Heard before Hon. A. H. Alston. Will Doby was convicted of highway robbery, and he appeals. The facts sufficiently appear. The following portions of the oral charge noted in the opinion are as follows: E. Now, gentlemen, the question that is in this case, the pivotal point in it, I might say, is the identity of this man by Mr. Taylor, as being one of the two who robbed him upon the night that he said he was robbed. S. Now, did he have time, from the time he left the barber shop to the time-he was seen around the barroom, as testified to by some of these…
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, P. J.(1) The evidence offered by the state shows that the witness Taylor, while driving along the public road on the way home in a wagon, was accosted by two negroes, who requested witness to allow them to ride in his wagon. After they had gotten in the wagon and the witness had driven for some distance, one of the negroes got off the wagon and drew a pistol, commanding witness to hold up his hands, and the other negro searched Taylor and took from his person about $64 in money; and the evidence tends to show that the defendant and Jessie Breedlove were the guilty parties.
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