Bradford v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the City Court of Anniston. Tried before the Hon. James W. Lapsley. The appellant in this case was tried and convicted tinder the following indictment: “The grand jury of said county charge that before the finding of this indictment that Wallace Bradford, against the ordér of nature, attempted to carnally know a certain beast, to-wit, a cow, against the peace and dignity of the State of - Alabama.”
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Appeal from the City Court of Anniston. Tried before the Hon. James W. Lapsley. The appellant in this case was tried and convicted tinder the following indictment: “The grand jury of said county charge that before the finding of this indictment that Wallace Bradford, against the ordér of nature, attempted to carnally know a certain beast, to-wit, a cow, against the peace and dignity of the State of - Alabama.” The second count of the indictment is the same, except the beast referred to therein is a heifer. The defendant demurred- to the indictment on the grounds : (1) , that it failed to…
1Opinion of the Court
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There is no valid objection to the indictment in this case. — Jackson v. State, 91 Ala. 55 ; Clark’s Manual Cr. Law, § 274, and cases cited.
The defendant’s objections to the introduction of his confessions were based upon the grounds that the evidence was irrelevant, immaterial, incompetent and illegal, and because the State had failed to show that the crime charged in the indictment had been committed. The question is whether these were sufficient to raise the objection that the confessions were not shown to have been voluntary; or, in other words, whether the prisoner waived the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Brister v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1855
- Ryan v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1893
- Young v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1881
- Owen v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1885
- Amos v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1887
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- Fincher v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1924
- State v. VickersSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1968
- Berryman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1955
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