Bonner v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Conrc of Walker. Tried before the Hon. James J. Banks. The appellant was jointly indicted with John Bonner, for- the murder of Andrew J. Higgins, was tried separately, and convicted of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to the penitentiary- for life. On the trial of the cause, as is shown by the bill of exceptions, the State introduced evidence tending to show the killing of Andrew J. Higgins.
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Appeal from the Circuit Conrc of Walker. Tried before the Hon. James J. Banks. The appellant was jointly indicted with John Bonner, for- the murder of Andrew J. Higgins, was tried separately, and convicted of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to the penitentiary- for life. On the trial of the cause, as is shown by the bill of exceptions, the State introduced evidence tending to show the killing of Andrew J. Higgins. Then the State introduced as a witness one Sam ICey, who was a confessed accomplice in the killing of the said Andrew J. Higgins. This witness detailed the facts of the…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, J.
The evidence of Sam Key, an accomplice, was to the effect that he, Charley Morris and the defendant went to the house of the deceased, Andrew Higgins, at night for the purpose of rocking his house *105and making him leave the country. It was shown that Side1 Higgins, a son of the deceased, lived there with his father. And that the conspirators went within 75 or 80 yards of the house and began throwing rocks at it, when Andrew Higgins came out of the house with his gun and fired it off, whereupon Charles Morris fired his gun at the deceased, witness “fired Ms gun in the air” and did not know which…
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