Andrews v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Bessemer City Court. Heard before Hon. William Jackson. John Andrews was convicted of murder, and he appeals. The record shows the organization of the criminal court of Jefferson county, the drawing of the grand jury for that term, and the organization of the city court of Bessemer.
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Appeal from Bessemer City Court. Heard before Hon. William Jackson. John Andrews was convicted of murder, and he appeals. The record shows the organization of the criminal court of Jefferson county, the drawing of the grand jury for that term, and the organization of the city court of Bessemer. It is further shown by the certiorari that the city court of Birmingham was organized and the grand jury ordered to turn in report of May 14, 1906. It further shows that on the 17th day of September, 1907, an order was entered in the criminal court of Birmingham, transferring said cause from the…
1Opinion of the CourtSimpson, J.
The appellant was convicted of the crime of murder, and his punishment fixed at death.
*22The city court of Bessemer was created hy the act approved February 28, 1901 (Acts 1900-01, p. 1858; Loc. Laws Jefferson Co. [by Weakley] p. 115). Section 10 of that act provides that cases then or thereafter pending in the criminal court of Jefferson county “may be, by consexxt of the parties thereto, transferred to said city court of Besssemer;” and section 25 provides that in all cases where a party is arrested on an indictment, “for an offense arising or committed by him in said district, * * if said…
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- Tesney v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1884
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- Whatley v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1906
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