Ragsdale v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Murder. Appeal from Jefferson Criminal Court. Heard before Hon. William E. Fort. William W. Ragsdale was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, and he appeals. The indictment charged the killing of James W. Mc-Cauley, by shooting him with a, pistol, but without premeditation or deliberation. The witness McCauley was a second witness offered by the state.
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Murder. Appeal from Jefferson Criminal Court. Heard before Hon. William E. Fort. William W. Ragsdale was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, and he appeals. The indictment charged the killing of James W. Mc-Cauley, by shooting him with a, pistol, but without premeditation or deliberation. The witness McCauley was a second witness offered by the state. The bill of exceptions states that the rule had been invoked by the state, and the witnesses had been excluded from the courtroom, but this -witness, however, remained in and sat by counsel for the state. He had not been sworn until '…
1Opinion of the CourtPelham, P. J.
Permitting the state’s counsel to introduce the evidence of the witness E. T. McCauley, who had remained in the courtroom when it was shown that the witnesses, had been, sworn and put under the rule out of the hearing of the court, was a matter of discretion in the trial judge in which no abuse is shown. The witness McCauley was the second witness examined in behalf of the state, and no error prejudicial.to- defendant authorizing a reversal appears to have resulted. Certainly no abuse of discretion is shown, and that is the question to be considered.-Belk v. State, 10 Ala. App. 70, 64 South.…
2Cases cited42 opinions
- Morris v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1906
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- Miller v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1894
- Burton v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1894
- Spicer v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1914
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3Cited by18 opinions
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