Buford v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Pike Circuit Court. Tried before Sou. John. P. Hubbabd. Tbe appellant, Joe Buford, was jointly indicted with Dock Legrand and two others for assault with intent to muirder one Knowles. The appellant moved for asev-erante, which was granted.
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Appeal from Pike Circuit Court. Tried before Sou. John. P. Hubbabd. Tbe appellant, Joe Buford, was jointly indicted with Dock Legrand and two others for assault with intent to muirder one Knowles. The appellant moved for asev-erante, which was granted. Upon his trial Knowles testified that shortly after he had had a fuss with the wife of Legrand, Legrand, in company with the defendant and two- others, came to the place where Knowles was, and that the assault ivas there committed by Legrand with a pistol, and that witness “saw something' in Joe Buford’s hand that he took to be a pistol or some…
1Opinion of the CourtSharpe, J.
In the record there is evidence sufficient at least to afford an inference that, defendant went to.the place where LeGrand shot at Knowles and was there present at the shooting for the • purpose of aiding or-by his presence'encouraging'LeGrand to attack KnowlCs. To determine whether such was. the true inference was for the jury and for the court to have given the general affirmative charge requested by the defendant would have been an invasion of the jury’s province.
Charge 2 was properly refused. To- fix' criminal responsibility on defendant it was not necessary for the jury to find both that…
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