Meadows v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Pike Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. A. H. Alston. Henry Meadows was convicted of murder in the first degree and he appeals. The action of the court in sending the jury back to their room with the reprimand given was in effect, to coerce a verdict. — DeJarnette v. Cox, 128 Ala. 518; Phoenix I. Co. v. Moog, 81 Ala. 3-13; Green v. Telfair, 11 How.
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Appeal from Pike Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. A. H. Alston. Henry Meadows was convicted of murder in the first degree and he appeals. The action of the court in sending the jury back to their room with the reprimand given was in effect, to coerce a verdict. — DeJarnette v. Cox, 128 Ala. 518; Phoenix I. Co. v. Moog, 81 Ala. 3-13; Green v. Telfair, 11 How. Pr. 260. The judgment and sentence is insufficient. — Gray v. Stale, 55 Ala. 88; Wright v. State, 103 Ala. 96; Freeman on Judgments, sec. 16. Counsel discuss other matters not discussed in the opinion, which are not deemed necessary to be…
1Opinion of the Court
de GRAFFENRIED, J.
The following is the language of Henry J. Caldwell, Judge of the United States Circuit Court: “From an old laAV book on the British Constitution, printed more than 200 years ago, this extract is made: ‘By the laAvs of King Ethelred, it is apparent that juries Avere in use before the Conquest, and they are, as it AAmre, incorporated with our Gonstitu,tion, being the most valuable part of it; for Avithout them no man’s life can be impeached (unless by Parliament), and no one’s liberty or property ought, to be taken from him.’ The italics are in the book. In the judgment of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Phœnix Insurance v. MoogSupreme Court of Alabama · 1886
- Shaw v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1901
- DeJarnette v. CoxSupreme Court of Alabama · 1900
3Cited by34 opinions
- Horning v. District of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
- Orr v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1958
- Talley v. WhitlockSupreme Court of Alabama · 1916
- Penticost v. MasseySupreme Court of Alabama · 1919
- People v. CrowleyCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1950
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