Haisten v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Dale Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. Mike Sollie. Will Haisten was convicted of murder and he appeals. The court erred in not quashing the'venire becanse of the names of certain jurors therein contained, and because it was not filed or served upon the defendant until the morning of his trial, although drawn and ordered to he served forthwith two days before the trial. — Allen v. The State, 146 Ala. 61; Acts 1909, p. 305. The court erred in not permitting the…
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Appeal from Dale Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. Mike Sollie. Will Haisten was convicted of murder and he appeals. The court erred in not quashing the'venire becanse of the names of certain jurors therein contained, and because it was not filed or served upon the defendant until the morning of his trial, although drawn and ordered to he served forthwith two days before the trial. — Allen v. The State, 146 Ala. 61; Acts 1909, p. 305. The court erred in not permitting the evidence of conspiracy to be shown. — 80 S. W. 557; 53 N. Y. 164; 13 Am. Rep. 492 ; Williams v. The State, 144 Ala. 18.…
1Opinion of the Court
PELHAM, J. —
The transcript in this case contains many confused and contradictory statements in its different parts, and it is difficult to arrive at a satisfactory conclusion from an examination of the judgment entry", the various different venires set out in the record, *58together with the orders in connection with them, and the statements contained in the bill of exceptions in connection with the numerous motions made to quash different venires, just what really did in fact take place in drawing and summoning the jury and serving copies of the jury lists. The defendant was charged with murder…
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