Legal Opinion

Granberry v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided April 24, 1913PublishedCited by 23 opinions

Appeal from Lee Law and Equity Court. Heard before Hon. Lum Duke. Hill Cranberry was convicted of murder in tbe first degree, and be appeals.

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Appeal from Lee Law and Equity Court. Heard before Hon. Lum Duke. Hill Cranberry was convicted of murder in tbe first degree, and be appeals. Charge 13 is as follows: “In order for tbis defendant to be responsible for tbe crime with wbicb be is charged, be must have sufficient power of memory to recollect the relation in which be stands to others, and in wbicb others stand to him; that tbe act be is doing is contrary to the plain dictates of justice and right, and injurious to others, and tbe violation of tbe dictates of duty.” Tbe other charges are as follows: “(10) If from tbe evidence in…

1Opinion of the CourtSayre, J.

The defendant was convicted under an indictment which charged that he unlawfully, and with malice aforethought, killed Mariah Aldridge by striking her with an axe.

The state’s principal witness testified that at the time of the killing he was at the house of deceased; that defendant, deceased, and one Irene Spratling were also there; that a dispute arose between defendant and the two women about making change for some whisky that defendant had sold to the women; that a fight ensued, in which defendant shot and killed Irene Spratling; that deceased immediately ran from the room in which *7the…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Parsons v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1886
  2. Parrish v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1903
  3. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1889
  4. King v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1891
  5. Kennedy v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1913

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Coon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1986
  2. Pilley v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1946
  3. Carroll v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1979
  4. Rohn v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1914
  5. Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1990

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