Ex Parte Edmunds
Supreme Court of Alabama
Certiorari to Court of Appeals. Ben Edmunds was convicted of a violation of the prohibition law, and appealed to the Court of Appeals, which affirmed (81 South. 847), and defendant petitions for certiorari.
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Certiorari to Court of Appeals. Ben Edmunds was convicted of a violation of the prohibition law, and appealed to the Court of Appeals, which affirmed (81 South. 847), and defendant petitions for certiorari. The petition is for writ of certiorari or other remedial writ as may be necessary to secure the revision of the judgment of the Court of Appeals, and sets out the return of an indictment by the grand jury of Russell county October 2, 1918, charging petitioner with a violation of the prohibition law. On October 8, 1918, defendant was legally arraigned and tried, and convicted in said…
1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.
[1] The petition conforms to the rules governing the same; and petitioner’s brief complies with the recent rule requiring certificate of the fact of service of copy of brief on opposing party. This court has jurisdiction, under section 140 of the Constitution, to superintend and control the Court of Appeals as to the rule of evidence announced by the latter court for the introduction of the letter in question, without due authentication or proof of defendant’s authorship or authorization thereof. The state’s motion is overruled; and we will consider the ruling in question in its relation to…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Burton v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1894
- Ex parte Louisville & Nashville R. R.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1912
- Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1898
- Hightower v. OgletreeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1896
- C. W. Zimmerman Mfg. Co. v. DunnSupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Banks v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1921
- Byars v. JamesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1922
- Chisolm v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1920
- Cunningham v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1928
- Powell v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1962
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