Williamson v. State

The defendant was convicted of a violation of the prohibition laws.

It was not competent for a witness' for defendant to testify what the defendant was looking for at witness’ house on the morning of the raid. Mere conclusions of a witness are not admissible, and it is not permissible for a witness to testify to the mental status of cognition of another. Bailey v. State, 107 Ala. 151, 18 So. 234; Central of Ga. Ry. Co. v. Martin, 138 Ala. 533, 36 So. 426.

Murphy Hussey, a witness for defendant, testified on cross-examination that the defendant was at his house the morning he was arrested; that…