Daniels v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Erom the County Court of Hale. Tried before the Hon. James M. Hobson. The defendant in this case was indicted for carrying a pistol concealed about his person. The indictment was found in the Circuit Court, and the case was removed into the County Court.
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Erom the County Court of Hale. Tried before the Hon. James M. Hobson. The defendant in this case was indicted for carrying a pistol concealed about his person. The indictment was found in the Circuit Court, and the case was removed into the County Court. On the trial in that court, as the bill of exceptions recites, “The State, by its solicitor, announced satisfied with the jury of twelve men then sitting in the jury-box; but the defendant’s counsel, before passing on the jury, asked the court to excuse him for a few moments, in order that he might obtain some information from a person in…
1Opinion of the CourtSomerville, J.
An appeal lies to this court directly from the County Court of Hale county, under the provisions of the act approved February 12th, 1879, conferring additional jurisdiction on that tribunal, and regulating the proceedings therein. — -Acts 1878-79, p. 291, sec. 14.
The first exception taken to the rulings of the court is allowing the State to challenge peremptorily the juror May-field. The solicitor had accepted this juror, and the court permitted him, in behalf of the State, to revoke such acceptance. This was done before the defendant had expressed his satisfaction with the juror, and before…
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- Spigener v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1878
- Murray & Bell v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1872
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