Childs v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from fcbe Circuit Court of Henry. Tried before the Hon. H. D. ClaytoN. The defendants, Jerry Childs, Isaac Childs, and Jacob Childs, were indicted at the spring term, 1876, of Dale county, for the murder of Bosamond You. They obtained a change of venue to the county of Henry, where, on the 5th of September, 1877, they were tried and convicted of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to be hanged on Friday, the 19th of October, following.
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Appeal from fcbe Circuit Court of Henry. Tried before the Hon. H. D. ClaytoN. The defendants, Jerry Childs, Isaac Childs, and Jacob Childs, were indicted at the spring term, 1876, of Dale county, for the murder of Bosamond You. They obtained a change of venue to the county of Henry, where, on the 5th of September, 1877, they were tried and convicted of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to be hanged on Friday, the 19th of October, following. Tbe proof on tbe trial was, that Mrs. Rosamond You was shot with a gun, in ber own bouse, in tbe nigbt time, by some person unseen by ber, or…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
It is objected that, inasmuch as the trial and conviction in this cause were had during the first week of Henry Circuit Court, the judgment of conviction should be reversed, because the act, reducing the term of that court from two weeks to one — Parnph. Acts 1876-7, p. 141 — is not shown by the journal of the Senate to have been signed by the president of that body,” in the presence of the house over which he presided, . . after the title had been publicly read immediately before signing.” — Constitution of 1875, *352Art. 4, Sec. 27. We know not why, nor on wbat information this point is urged.…
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