Skains v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Ereor to tbe Circuit Court of Butler. Tried before tbe Hon. E. Pickens. The plaintiffs in error were indicted in the Circuit Court of Butler County for an affray, and on the trial, each of them excepted to the ruling of the court, and two bills of exceptions are found in the record.
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Ereor to tbe Circuit Court of Butler. Tried before tbe Hon. E. Pickens. The plaintiffs in error were indicted in the Circuit Court of Butler County for an affray, and on the trial, each of them excepted to the ruling of the court, and two bills of exceptions are found in the record. From the bill of exceptions taken by Lewis, it appears, that proof was introduced which tended to show, that the defendants had a difficulty and a quarrel, in a grocery, a crowd of persons being assembled at the time. The proof also tended to show, that the house belonged to Lewis, and that the difficulty occurred…
1Opinion of the CourtLigon, J.
— Tbe record presents two bills of exceptions, taken by tbe defendants in tbe court below, when on trial on an indictment for an affray.
It appears by tbe bill of exceptions certified and sealed at tbe instance of tbe defendant, Skains, that bis co-defendant, Lewis, offered to prove, that, several months before tbe occurrence of tbe affray for wbicb they were then on trial, tbe defendants bad fought together, when tbe former bad attempted to strike tbe latter with a piece of iron, and said if be could get at him be would kill him. To tbe introduction of this proof, without connecting tbe…
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