Barddell v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Montgomery City Court. Heard before Hon. W. H. Thomas. Tlie defendant and Boscoe Brown were jointly indicted for robbery, and charged with taking two' nickels and one dime of tlie lawful coin of the United States of America, of the value of twenty cent's, from the person of Ike McDonald, by violence and against his will. The appellant. Barddell, was tried separately, and convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary for a period of eleven years.
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Appeal from Montgomery City Court. Heard before Hon. W. H. Thomas. Tlie defendant and Boscoe Brown were jointly indicted for robbery, and charged with taking two' nickels and one dime of tlie lawful coin of the United States of America, of the value of twenty cent's, from the person of Ike McDonald, by violence and against his will. The appellant. Barddell, was tried separately, and convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary for a period of eleven years. Policemen Bobe'rts and Avant testified that they were policemen of the city of Montgomery, and that on the night of the-day of September,…
1Opinion of the CourtDenson, J.
The appellant and Ro-scoe Brown, two negroes, were jointly indicted for robbery. The appellant, Barddell, was tried separately from his co-defendant. The defendants were arrested while together, and at- the same time and place, by policemen Roberts and Avant.
After testifying to the arrest, Roberts was asked to state what the negro then said. Against the defendant’s objection, the court.allowed the witness to testify that the defendants stated as soon as they .were arrested that they knew nothing about the robbery. It was shown that before this statement was made nothing had been said about…
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