Meadows v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Pike Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. A. H. Alston. Henry Meadows was convicted of murder in the first degree and he appeals. The action of the court in sending the jury back to their room with the reprimand given was in effect, to coerce a verdict. — DeJarnette v. Cox, 128 Ala. 518; Phoenix I. Co. v. Moog, 81 Ala. 3-13; Green v. Telfair, 11 How.
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Appeal from Pike Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. A. H. Alston. Henry Meadows was convicted of murder in the first degree and he appeals. The action of the court in sending the jury back to their room with the reprimand given was in effect, to coerce a verdict. — DeJarnette v. Cox, 128 Ala. 518; Phoenix I. Co. v. Moog, 81 Ala. 3-13; Green v. Telfair, 11 How. Pr. 260. The judgment and sentence is insufficient. — Gray v. Stale, 55 Ala. 88; Wright v. State, 103 Ala. 96; Freeman on Judgments, sec. 16. Counsel discuss other matters not discussed in the opinion, which are not deemed necessary to be…
1DissentMcCLELLAN, J.
(dissenting.) — The entire recitals of the bill of exceptions touching the deliberations of the jury, their return into court, and the response of the court to the paper handed the clerk as a verdict are these: “The jury in this cause was charged by the court, and retired to consider the testimony. They retired to the jury room about 8 o’clock p. m. of October 1, 1912, where they continued in their deliberations until 11 o’clock p. m. of the same day. They were then taken by the sheriff or his deputy to the room prepared for them in the residence portion of the county jail, where they were…
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- City Council of Montgomery v. Gilmer & TaylorSupreme Court of Alabama · 1858
- McGehee v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1875
- Phœnix Insurance v. MoogSupreme Court of Alabama · 1886
- Reynolds v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1881
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