Johnson v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Shelby. Tried before the Hen. A. H. Alston. The apeallant in this cause, Larkin Johnson, was indicted and tried for the murder of one John Lawley, was contacted of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to be hanged.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Shelby. Tried before the Hen. A. H. Alston. The apeallant in this cause, Larkin Johnson, was indicted and tried for the murder of one John Lawley, was contacted of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to be hanged. The charges requested by the defendant in the manner set forth in the opinion, and to the refusal to- give which the defendant excepted in the manner also shown in the opinion, were as follows: (1.) “The court charges the jury that the facts and circumstances of this case are not sufficient to constitute murder in the first degree.” • (2.) “The…
1Opinion of the CourtHahalson, J.
The only question presented for re-view was tlie request of the court to give six charges asked by defendant. In respect, of these the bill of exceptions recites: “The defendant asked that the following charges in writing be given by the court to the jury, to-wit.” Here follows the charges from 1 to 6, inclusive. At the end of the. 6th charge appear the words, “The court refused to give such charges, and the defendant duly excepted.’’ The request for these charges, as well as exception to the action of the court in refusing them, was general. Under such conditions, the exception was…
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