Barden v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Covington Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. H. A. Pearce. The defendants, Rufus and Letch Barden, were indicted and tried lor ilie murder of one Wyrosdick by shooting him with a pistol. The evidence of the witness John Stuai t was that he and Wyrosdick same to River Palls from Red Level on a certain train, went from depot towards store of the Horseshoe Lumber Company, and turned and went to De Vane’s bar, where the killing occurred.
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Appeal from Covington Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. H. A. Pearce. The defendants, Rufus and Letch Barden, were indicted and tried lor ilie murder of one Wyrosdick by shooting him with a pistol. The evidence of the witness John Stuai t was that he and Wyrosdick same to River Palls from Red Level on a certain train, went from depot towards store of the Horseshoe Lumber Company, and turned and went to De Vane’s bar, where the killing occurred. He further stated that neither he nor Wyrosdick was drunk. The defendant introduced one Henry Stanley, who- testified as follows: “I know the…
1Opinion of the CourtDowdell, J.
The appellants having been acquitted on a former trial of murder in the first degree, of which acquittal they availed themselves by plea, were in the present instance put on trial for murder in the .second degree, of which charge they were convicted. In selecting *8the jury for the trial, and before the same was completed, the jurors on the regular panels were exhausted by reason of challenges by the state and defendant. Thereupon the court ordered the sheriff to summon from the qualified citizens of the county a sufficient number to complete the jury as required by law. Among those so summoned…
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