Wade v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
. Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County; William E. Port, Judge. Charley Wade was convicted of mayhem, and he appealed. Prisoner was denied a public trial, 5s defined by section 6 of the Constitution of 1901. Rule 47, Eed. 394; 89 Mich. 276, 50 N. W. 995, 28 Am. St. Rep. 302; 103 Cal. 342, 37 Pac. 406; 75 Ohio St. 255, 79 N. E. 462, 9 L. R. A. (N. S) 277, 116 Am. St. Rep. 734, 9 Ann. Cas. 108; 8 R. O. L. 76; 52 Mont. 205, 156 Pac. 1080, L. R. A. 1916E, 472, Ann.
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. Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County; William E. Port, Judge. Charley Wade was convicted of mayhem, and he appealed. Prisoner was denied a public trial, 5s defined by section 6 of the Constitution of 1901. Rule 47, Eed. 394; 89 Mich. 276, 50 N. W. 995, 28 Am. St. Rep. 302; 103 Cal. 342, 37 Pac. 406; 75 Ohio St. 255, 79 N. E. 462, 9 L. R. A. (N. S) 277, 116 Am. St. Rep. 734, 9 Ann. Cas. 108; 8 R. O. L. 76; 52 Mont. 205, 156 Pac. 1080, L. R. A. 1916E, 472, Ann. Cas. 1917E, 619; 54 Or. 289, 103 Pac. 62, 20 Ann. Cas. 627; 68 Minn. 381, 71 N. W. 401, 38 L. R. A. 672, 64 Am. St. Rep. 482.…
1Opinion of the CourtBricken, P. J.
This defendant was convicted of the crime of mayhem; he castrated a fellow man. He was sentenced to serve not less than 19 and not more than 20 years in the penitentiary. In addition to a plea of not guilty, he interposed a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity, claiming that his mental equilibrium had been disturbed by alleged illicit relations between his victim and defendant’s wife.
It was obvious at the beginning of the trial that all these sordid matters would be aired throughout the trial. After the jury was selected, the general public were excluded from the courtroom. Relatives of…
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- Parsons v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1886
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- McGehee v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1875
- Wade v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1921
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