Hughes v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Jackson' Circuit Court. Tried before ITon. II. C. Speahle. At the fall term, 1883, of said court, George Hughes, As-bury Hughes, John W. Grayson and George Smith, defendants in the court below, were indicted for willfully setting tire to, and burning “ the dwelling house of Henry Porter, in the night-time, in which said house there was, at the time, a human being, to-wit, Henry Porter, against the peace,” etc.; and, at the next term thereafter, they were tried…
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Appeal from Jackson' Circuit Court. Tried before ITon. II. C. Speahle. At the fall term, 1883, of said court, George Hughes, As-bury Hughes, John W. Grayson and George Smith, defendants in the court below, were indicted for willfully setting tire to, and burning “ the dwelling house of Henry Porter, in the night-time, in which said house there was, at the time, a human being, to-wit, Henry Porter, against the peace,” etc.; and, at the next term thereafter, they were tried and convicted, and were sentenced, in accordance with the verdict of the jury, the said George Smith, Asbury Hughes and…
1Opinion of the CourtSomerville, J.
The defendants were indicted, tried and convicted of the crime of arson in the first degree — a capital felony under the statutes of this State. The particular offense charged is the willfully setting fire to, or burning, in the nighttime, the dwelling house of one Ilemy Porter, in which there was at the time a human being, to-wit, the said Ilenry Porter.
The bill of exceptions taken by the prisoners shows but a single exception to the introduction of evidence. On cross-examination of a -witness for the State — one Fitch — the prisoners’ counsel-had asked him if Mr. Porter and Miss Standish,…
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