Dorsey v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Criminal Court of Jefferson. Tried before, the Hon. Daniel A. Greene. The appellant in this case, Will Dorsey, was indicted, tried anld convicted for robbery, and was. sentenced to-be hanged. The facts of the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion. cited State v. Lawler, 32 S. W. Rep. 981; Commonwealth v. Clifford, 8 Cush. 215; State v. Meyers, 99 Mo.. 107, 12 S. W. Rep. 51G.
1Opinion of the Court
McCLELLAN, O. J.
As it appeared originally in the transcript the first count of the. indictment employed the word felinously where the word feloniously should have belen used, and in the second count the word feloniously was omitted. The copy of the indictment sent uip in response to the writ of certiorari, however, shows that it employs the word feloniouslj in each count. So- that the brief of counsel attacking the indictment asi first certified toi usi has now no- pertinency.
The indictment is as follows: “The grand jury o-f said county charge that before the finding of this indictment, and…
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