Jones v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Crenshaw. Tried before the Hon. JohN-P. Hubbakd. The indictment in this case charged that the defendant, John Jones, “unlawfully, and with malice aforethought, did assault John Maloy, with intent to murder him.” Judgment was rendered upon a verdict of the jury finding the defendant guilty as charged in the indictment.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Crenshaw. Tried before the Hon. JohN-P. Hubbakd. The indictment in this case charged that the defendant, John Jones, “unlawfully, and with malice aforethought, did assault John Maloy, with intent to murder him.” Judgment was rendered upon a verdict of the jury finding the defendant guilty as charged in the indictment. On the trial, as the bill of exceptions shows, the State introduced evidence tending to sho ¶ that the defendant stopped John Maloy while he was riding in a buggy along a public road, and said to him, “Now I am going to make you quit calling me…
1Opinion of the CourtThob.ington, J.
Appellant was indicted for an assault with intent to murder; and having testified in his own behalf, the court, against his objection, permitted the State to introduce proof of his general character in the neighborhood in which he resided, for the purpose of impeaching the credibility of his testimony. In this there was no error. — Mitchell v. State, 94 Ala. 68.
The witnesses to this fact, on first being interrogated in proper form, each stated that he knew defendant’s general character in the neighborhood in which he resided, and that it was bad; but, on being asked by defendant’s counsel…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Gibson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1889
- Mitchell v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1891
- Ex parte SloaneSupreme Court of Alabama · 1891
- Holland v. BarnesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1875
- Rice v. Schloss & KahnSupreme Court of Alabama · 1890
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- Bondurant v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1899
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