Maisel v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Circuit Court, Mobile County; Norville R. Leigh, Jr., Judge. Max Maisel was tried by the court without a jury for a violation of the prohibition law, was convicted,'and from the-judgment he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSamford, J.
[1] There is but one question insisted upon by counsel for appellant, and that is whether the facts justify the judgment of conviction. Questions of fact, where the evidence is taken ore tenus, are always the most difficult for appellate courts to deal with. The atmosphere of the trial, the personal contact with the parties and witnesses, their appearance, manner on the stand, the expression of the faces of witnesses during cross-examinations, hesitancy of answers to questions in efforts to evade— all these things are absent from the appellate court when it comes to consider the record, and…
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