McNeezer v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
From the Circuit Court of Russell. Tried before the Hon. Wi. S. Mudd. The indictment in this case charged the defendant, Marion McNeezer, with the murder of Charles Yo.ung, by cutting him with a knife; and on the trial, issue being joined on the plea of not guilty, he was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentary for the term of ten years.
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From the Circuit Court of Russell. Tried before the Hon. Wi. S. Mudd. The indictment in this case charged the defendant, Marion McNeezer, with the murder of Charles Yo.ung, by cutting him with a knife; and on the trial, issue being joined on the plea of not guilty, he was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentary for the term of ten years. The following bill of exceptions, which shows all the points here presented for revision, was duly reserved on the trial: ‘ The State introduced Doctor Norwood as a witness, and established by him that…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
We find no error in this record. It was shown that the prisoner’s confessions were voluntarily made, and that neither threats nor promises, were made to him, to induce him to confess. The case is brought strictly within the rule. — 1 Brick. Dig. 509, §§ 859, 864, 868. The charges given were strictly in accordance with the well-settled rules -of law. — T Bish. Or. Law, 6th ed., sections 869, 870; McManus v. The State, 36 Ala. 285; Cates v. The State, 50 Ala. 166; Lewis v. The State, 51 Ala. 1; Eiland v. The State, 52 Ala. 322; Evans v. The State, 44 Miss. 762; Hill’s case, 4 Dev. & Bat. 491.…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Eiland v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1875
- McManus v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1860
- Lewis v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1874
- Evans v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1870
- Cates v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1874
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