Grogan v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Wilcox. Tried before the Hon. P. O. Harper. The opinion contains a full statement of the facts of the ease. 1. What is meant by being put in jeopardy? — See Bouv.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Wilcox. Tried before the Hon. P. O. Harper. The opinion contains a full statement of the facts of the ease. 1. What is meant by being put in jeopardy? — See Bouv. Law Dictionary; Con. of the State of Alabama, § 13; see, also, Bill of Rights. 2. If a cause has been submitted to a jury, and some evidence has been offered by the State, a withdrawal of the cause from the jury, unless in one or more of the cases allowed by statute, operates an acquittal. — People v. Barrett & Ward, 2 Carnes, 304; Commonwealth v. Cook, 6 Serg. & Rawles, 577. 3. A court has the power…
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, J.
The appellant, Grogan, was indicted in the circuit court of Wilcox county, on the 28th day of May, 1868, for an assault on Robert Hinton, with intent to murder him. This cause came on to be tried in said court, at the October term thereof, in 1869, when the defendant, having pleaded not guilty, went to trial, with a jury, on that plea. For the purpose of trying the said defendant, a jury of good and lawful men were duly sworn and empanneled by the court, “ to try the issue joined.” The record then states that, “ after the evidence had been gone through with, and the solicitor for the State…
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