Gordon v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cherokee. Tried before the Hon. J. A. Bilbiio. The appellant in this case was indicted and tried for murder in the second degree, was convicted of murder in the second degree and sentenced to the penitentiary for ten years. The facts and circumstances under which the killing occurred are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cherokee. Tried before the Hon. J. A. Bilbiio. The appellant in this case was indicted and tried for murder in the second degree, was convicted of murder in the second degree and sentenced to the penitentiary for ten years. The facts and circumstances under which the killing occurred are sufficiently stated in the opinion. During the examination of one Walter Lawrence, a witness introduced for the State, and who testified that he was present at the furnace at the time the defendant shot and killed Dukes, the deceased, he was asked by the State the following…
1Opinion of the CourtSharpe, J.
The defendant was convicted on an indictment charging him with murder in the second degree, committed by shooting Dukes. The killing was at night under a lighted shed of a furnace plant in the presence of several persons with whom the deceased was in company. When the defendant came near the group the deceased spoke to him about a difficulty which, a few days before, had occurred between them. After some altercation he applied to defendant an op*37probrious epithet and walked towards Mm when defendant backed, drew a pistol and told him to stop. Tliis be failed to do and defendant shot Mm. He…
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