Jones v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Shelby Circuit Court. Heard before Hou. John Pelham. Will Jones was convicted of murder and he appeals. Counsel discuss the action of the court in permitting counsel to come in and assist in the prosecution after it had been announced that such counsel would not assist, and the jury had been drawn under that impression, but they cite no authority in support of their contention. Counsel discuss the evidence, but without citation of .authority.
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Appeal from Shelby Circuit Court. Heard before Hou. John Pelham. Will Jones was convicted of murder and he appeals. Counsel discuss the action of the court in permitting counsel to come in and assist in the prosecution after it had been announced that such counsel would not assist, and the jury had been drawn under that impression, but they cite no authority in support of their contention. Counsel discuss the evidence, but without citation of .authority. The part of the court’s oral charge excepted to was erroneous. — Tidwell v. The State, 70 Ala. 44; Jordan v. The State, 79 Ala. 9; Frank v.…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, J.
The indictment, comprising two counts, charged Roy Cardwell, Will Jones, Jim Jones, and Dock Jones, with the murder of Alonzo Jones. Upon a severance, this defendant (Will Jones) was tried alone.
In the first count, the allegation is that the homicide was committed “by striking him with a rock,” and, in the second count, “by striking him with a rock or rocks, and by assaulting and beating him.”
*56While there was some evidence that this defendant had in his hand or pocket, a short time before the fatal difficulty, a rock or rocks, there was no evidence that he, at any time actually struck deceased…
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- Morris v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1906
- State ex rel. Attorney General v. TallySupreme Court of Alabama · 1893
- Martin v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1889
- Raiford v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1877
- Amos v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1887
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