Ethridge v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Pike Circuit Court. Tried before Hon. John P. Hubbard. Facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion. cited, Riley v. State, 88 Ala. 193; Hodge v. State, 97 Ala. 37; Gilmore v. State, 99 Ala. 154; James v. State, 104 Ala. 20; Terry v. State, 118 Ala-79.
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, C. J.
— There was evidence tending to show that the defendant had large feet — wore a shoe numbered 10, or 11 or 12 — that on the evening of the fire and shortly before it occurred he started barefooted toward the house which was burned, and that at that time it was his intention to burn the house. On this state of the evidence we think it was competent for the State to show that on the next day after the fire large barefooted tracks pointing in the direction of the place where the barn had stood, and in line from the point whence the defendant had started the evening before to the house…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- McAdory v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1878
- Stone v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1894
- Gilmore v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1892
- Terry v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1897
- Haynes v. McRaeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1893
3Cited by19 opinions
- Louisville & Nashville R. R. v. HollandSupreme Court of Alabama · 1911
- Forman v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1914
- Coosa Portland Cement Co. v. CrankfieldSupreme Court of Alabama · 1918
- State v. KnudsonNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1911
- Jackson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1915
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