Morrison v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal Horn Tuscaloosa Circuit Court. Tried before Hon. S. H. Spbott. The appellant, James Morrison, was indicted by the grand jury of Tuscaloosa county for the murder of Alex. Webb; was tried and convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, and sentenced to the penitentiary for nine years. His various objections in the organization of the jury appear in the opinion.
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Appeal Horn Tuscaloosa Circuit Court. Tried before Hon. S. H. Spbott. The appellant, James Morrison, was indicted by the grand jury of Tuscaloosa county for the murder of Alex. Webb; was tried and convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, and sentenced to the penitentiary for nine years. His various objections in the organization of the jury appear in the opinion. On the trial, the State introduced one Jake Kale, as a witness, who testified, “that he had been foreman for the firm of Webb & Wildsmith, of which the deceased was a member, and which was engaged in the business of coal…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, C. J.
The Circuit Court of Tuscaloosa county sits two weeks, commencing on the sixth Mondays after the fourth Mondays in February and August of each year; and tlie criminal docket is taken up on the second Monday of each term. — Code of 1886, p. 225, sub-section 5, and note. The Spring term, 1888, commenced on April 9. On Friday of ■ the first week (April 13), the court made an order setting Wednesday 18tli for the trial of James Morrison, charged with murder, he having been arraigned at a former term, and pleaded not guilty. The court thereupon proceeded to draw from the jury box the names of…
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