Howard v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Murder. Appeal from. Hale Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. B. M. Miller. Ed Howard was convicted of murder and he appeals: The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court.
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Murder. Appeal from. Hale Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. B. M. Miller. Ed Howard was convicted of murder and he appeals: The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court. The following changes were refused to the defendant: (2) “The court charges the jury that the only evidence introduced by the state to corroborate the testimony of Charley Taylor is evidence tending to show that defendant, Charley Taylor, and Shad Williams agreed to kill B. W. Drake at Shad Williams’ house, and if they have a reasonable doubt as to the truth or falsity of that testimony they must acquit the…
1Opinion of the CourtMayfield, J.
— 'The defendant was indicted and convicted of murder in the first degree, and the death ■sentence was imposed by the jury. The material facts, as stated by counsel for appellant, and necessary to an understanding of the case and of the questions raised on appeal, are as follows:
On the night of November 24, 1908, B. W. Drake, while asleep in his bed at his home, in Laneville, Hale county, Ala., was hit on the head with some heavy instrument and killed. His adjacent store was burglarized, and the store and residence set on fire; the fire being extinguished before gaining much headway. On the…
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