Patterson v. State

THOMAS, Justice.

The trial and conviction was for the offense of rape.

The appeals on phases of the facts before us are Patterson v. State, 224 Ala. 531, 141 So. 195, 286 U.S. 540, 52 S.Ct. 648, 76 L.Ed. 1278; Powell v. State, 224 Ala. 540, 141 So. 201; Weems & Morris v. State, 224 Ala. 524, 525, 141 So. 215; Patterson v. State, 229 Ala. 270,156 So. 567; Id., 293 U.S. 554, 55 S.Ct. 347, 79 L.Ed. 656; Norris v. State, 229 Ala. 226, 156 So. 556; Id., 293 U.S. 552, 55 S.Ct. 345, 79 L.Ed. 655.

For convenience, we will follow the order of discussion employed by counsel, of the several questions for…