Liner v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Cleburne County Court. Tried before Hon. T. J. Burton. The facts of this cáse concisely stated are these: The defendant and several companions met Robert I-Iunnicutt and several associates in the town of Heflin. The defendant’s company were boisterous and quarrelsome. Hunnicutt knocked down one of them. A “scuffle’ ensued. But this was settled and the two parties made friends.
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Appeal from Cleburne County Court. Tried before Hon. T. J. Burton. The facts of this cáse concisely stated are these: The defendant and several companions met Robert I-Iunnicutt and several associates in the town of Heflin. The defendant’s company were boisterous and quarrelsome. Hunnicutt knocked down one of them. A “scuffle’ ensued. But this was settled and the two parties made friends. Again the defendant’s party became abusive, and again Hunnicutt knocked down the same man. The two parties then separated, the defendant and friends going towards Edwardsville. Hunnicutt soon remarked that…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, C. J.
— The testimony of S. C. Zaner, Jr., as to there being a crowd at the depot after the difficulty and before the defendant and those with him had been apprehended, and to the effect that some one in the crowd said that “those boys ought to be caught and killed,” and that he, witness did not hear any one in the crowd “discourage that idea,’’ considered as addressed to the presiding judge on the preliminary inquiry as to whether certain statements of the defendant, supposed to be in the nature of confessions, made afterwards, were freely and voluntarily made, was wholly irrelevant, and had it…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Pool v. DeversSupreme Court of Alabama · 1857
- Burton v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1894
- Pearsall v. McCartneySupreme Court of Alabama · 1856
- Nicholson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1897
- Avary v. SearcySupreme Court of Alabama · 1873
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Nichols v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1958
- Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1913
- Jarvis v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1902
- Howard D. Levine v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1958
- Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1904
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