Cummins v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Elmore. Tried before tbe Hon. James Q. Smith. Defendant, Nelson Cummins, was indicted at tbe fall term, 1877, of said court' — tbe indictment charging tbat he corruptly gave, offered, or promised, to one Caleb Goodgame, the sum of $25, and a bull yearling, &c., or other thing of value, with intent to influence said Goodgame to kill and murder Fannie Cummins, tbe wife of the said Nelson Cum-mins, &o.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Elmore. Tried before tbe Hon. James Q. Smith. Defendant, Nelson Cummins, was indicted at tbe fall term, 1877, of said court' — tbe indictment charging tbat he corruptly gave, offered, or promised, to one Caleb Goodgame, the sum of $25, and a bull yearling, &c., or other thing of value, with intent to influence said Goodgame to kill and murder Fannie Cummins, tbe wife of the said Nelson Cum-mins, &o. During the trial, one Young, a witness for the State, testified, on cross-examination, that he and Sayers (another witness for the State, who had already been…
1Opinion of the CourtManning, J.
The crime charged in this indictment is bribing, or endeavoring to bribe another to commit a felony —the crime of murder. A witness, Young, was examined on behalf of the State, but what his evidence was, does not appear. On cross-examination, he having “ stated that he and Sayers, another witness for the State, who had been previously examined, were in close proximity to each other, the witness was asked what was the reason that Sayers did not hear the conversation detailed by said witness Young;” which question was ruled out, and defendant excepted.
1. What this conversation was, between whom…
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