Taylor v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Conecuh Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. J. C. Richardson. Tlie defendant was indicted, tried, and convicted on the charge of perjury. The evidence was. in conflict as to whether or not the defendant gave the testimony that the indictment alleges he gave, and as to whether or not it was true or false.
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Appeal from Conecuh Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. J. C. Richardson. Tlie defendant was indicted, tried, and convicted on the charge of perjury. The evidence was. in conflict as to whether or not the defendant gave the testimony that the indictment alleges he gave, and as to whether or not it was true or false. At the conclusion of the testimony the defendant requested the following charges, which the court refused to give: Charge 2: “The court charges the jury that the defendant may offer proof of his good character, and that such proof, taken in connection with all the evidence in’ the…
1Opinion of the Court
SIMPSON, J. —
The defendant was convicted of the offense of perjury, and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. There was evidence tending to show the good character of the defendant, and charge 2, requested by the defendant, is a correct statement of the law; hence *34the court erred in refusing to give the same. — Goldsmith v. The State, 105 Ala. 8, 16 South. 933; Miller v. State, 107 Ala. 40, 59, 19 South. 37; Newsom v. State, 107 Ala. 134, 135, 138, 139, 18 Soth. 206; Bryant v. State, 116 Ala. 446, 448, 452, 23 South. 40.
Charge 3, requested by the defendant, should have been given. —…
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