Huckabee v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Dallas Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. S. L. Brewer. Sam Huckabee was convicted of murder and he appeals. The defendant should have been allowed to have shown that Emerson had been convicted. — Wells v. The State, 81 South. 572; Traylor v. The State, 100' Ala. 142. The court erred in refusing charge 2 requested by the plaintiff. — Phillips v, The State, 68 Ala. 471. Counsel discusses other assignments of error, but without citation of authority.
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Appeal from Dallas Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. S. L. Brewer. Sam Huckabee was convicted of murder and he appeals. The defendant should have been allowed to have shown that Emerson had been convicted. — Wells v. The State, 81 South. 572; Traylor v. The State, 100' Ala. 142. The court erred in refusing charge 2 requested by the plaintiff. — Phillips v, The State, 68 Ala. 471. Counsel discusses other assignments of error, but without citation of authority. The court did not err in reference to the admis sion and exclusion of evidence. — Walker v. The State, 58 Ala. 359. The remarks of…
1Opinion of the CourtMayfield, J.
The indictment in this case was as follows: “The State of Alabama, Dallas County. Circuit Court, Fall Term 1908. The grand jury of said county charges that, before the finding of this indictment, Sam Huckabee unlawfully and with malice aforethought killed Arthur Coleman by cutting him with a knife, against the peace and dignity of the state of Alabama. [Signed] J. F. Thompson, Solicitor for 4th Circuit.
The evidence was in conflict as to whether the deceased was cut with a knife or by a barbed wire. He had several wounds inflicted upon him during the altercation with the defendant. One was a…
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- Hull v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1885
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