Holcombe v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Circuit Court, Blount County; J. E. Blackwood, Judge. Edd Holcombe was convicted of assault with intent to murder, and appeals.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Blount County; J. E. Blackwood, Judge. Edd Holcombe was convicted of assault with intent to murder, and appeals. Mr. Turley was asked: “Did the defendant say to you that this is the spirit level that he used on Bellah, or that he hit Mr. Bellah with?” The defendant objected on the grounds that it was leading, that it called for immaterial, irrelevant, incompetent, and illegal evidence, and that it called for a declaration of the defendant before the defendant was put on the witness stand. The following charges were refused the defendant: (1) The court charges you…
1Opinion of the CourtBricken, J.
At the spring term, 1918, of the circuit court of Blount county, the defendant was indicted for the offense of assault with intent to murder, the injured party, or the party assaulted being one Bellah. • At the following September term of said court the defendant was tried upon said indictment, was convicted as charged, and a sentence of five years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary imposed upon him. Erom this judgment, he appeals.
The evidence for the state tends, to show that shortly previous to the difficulty the defendant caused a piece of mail matter to be deposited in the post office at…
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