Welsh v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Gadsden City Court. Tried before Hon. John H. Disque. This is the second appeal in this case. The objections to the evidence are sufficiently set forth in the opinion. On the trial, the State introduced evidence of alleged voluntary confessions by the defendant that he billed the deceased.
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Appeal from Gadsden City Court. Tried before Hon. John H. Disque. This is the second appeal in this case. The objections to the evidence are sufficiently set forth in the opinion. On the trial, the State introduced evidence of alleged voluntary confessions by the defendant that he billed the deceased. The defendant requested the court to give the following written charges : (1) “The court charges the jury that if the confession is not harmonious and consistent with the other evidence, it should be rejected as wanting in credibility, or as not entitled to weight in determining the question of…
1Opinion of the Court
STONE, O. J.
—The charge on which defendant was tried and convicted was that he murdered Will Welsh. The sufficiency of the indictment and many other questions were SIssed on when this was before us at the last term. — 11 So. Rep. 450. On the second trial defendant was convicted of murder in the second degree.
It is not shown that any human eye witnessed the homicide, save the deceased and the perpetrator of the crime; and the guilty participation, or act of the accused, was sought to be proved by the defendant’s confessions, and by his conduct immediately before and after deceased came to his…
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