Edmondson v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Dale Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. M. Sollie. Sam Edmondson was convicted of violating the prohibition law, and be appeals. The indictment charges the defendant with selling spirituous, vinous, or malt liquors without license, and contrary to law. The facts in reference to the indictment appear in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from Dale Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. M. Sollie. Sam Edmondson was convicted of violating the prohibition law, and be appeals. The indictment charges the defendant with selling spirituous, vinous, or malt liquors without license, and contrary to law. The facts in reference to the indictment appear in the opinion of the court. Charge 1 is as follows: “If the jury believe from the evidence that Sowell Newsome swore willfully false in one particular in this case they should disregard the evidence of said witness entirely.” The court denied the defendant bis constitutional right to…
1Opinion of the Court
de GRAFFENRIED, J.
1. The indictment in this case was sufficient.—John Freeman v. State, Infra, 59 South. 228.
2. We gather from this record that here were two indictment against this defendant, that both were similar in language,' and that the names of the same parties appeared upon the back of each indictment as witnesses for the state; in other words, that the two ' indictments were similar in all respects. We gather from the record, also, that one of the defendant’s cases was set down for trial on one day and the other case for the next succeeding day. After the present case (the case set…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Lowe v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1889
- Freeman v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1912
3Cited by2 opinions
- Butler v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1917
- Harrison v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1915