Hallman v. State

CARR, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction of assault with intent to murder.

According to the State’s evidence the appellant was tried and adjudged guilty in the recorder’s court of the City of Ashland, Alabama on a charge of public drunkenness. At the conclusion of the trial, two officers, Moore and Elliott, proceeded toward the jail with the appellant. En route the three men stepped off the sidewalk onto the street between two closely parked automobiles. At this point it was necessary for them to walk single file. Officer Moore was in front, the appellant was next,…