Cooper v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Erom the City Court of Mobile. Tried before the Hon. O. J. Semmes. cited 1 Greenl. Ev. §§ 51, 52, 218; The State v. Parke, 48 Ala. 266; Insurance Go. v. Moseley, 8 Wallace, 897 ; Rauoson v. Haigh, 2 Bing. 99 ; Rex v. King, Euss. & By. 331; State v. Gilliam, 50 Ala. 145; Miller v. The State, 54 Ala. 155; Burrill on Cir. Ev. 476-7 ; Liles v. The State, 30 Ala. 24.
1Opinion of the CourtManning, J.
It is a common practice, on introducing a witness, to make inquiries of him respecting his age, residence, and condition in life. The answers, it is supposed, may aid the jury in setting a proper estimate on the evidence he may give. The question of the State’s solicitor to Mrs..Pulton, “if she was a widow,” was of this initiatory kind, and hardly subject to exception.
Appellant was prosecuted for the larceny, from Mrs. Pulton, of money and other things, among which was a $20 gold-piece. Other important testimony having been submitted on the part of the State, a police-officer (one…
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