Jackson v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Erom the Circuit Court of Conecuh. Tried before the TIon. John P. Hubbard. The defendant in this case, Charlie Jackson, was indicted, jointly with Ben Aarons, for an assault on Aleck Thomas, with the intent to murder him ; and a severance having been granted, he pleaded not guilty, but the jury returned a verdict of “guilty,” and imposed on him a fine of $250. During the organization of the jury, the defendant reserved an exception to the refusal of the court to exclude one…
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Erom the Circuit Court of Conecuh. Tried before the TIon. John P. Hubbard. The defendant in this case, Charlie Jackson, was indicted, jointly with Ben Aarons, for an assault on Aleck Thomas, with the intent to murder him ; and a severance having been granted, he pleaded not guilty, but the jury returned a verdict of “guilty,” and imposed on him a fine of $250. During the organization of the jury, the defendant reserved an exception to the refusal of the court to exclude one A. G-. Smith as juror, unless he was challenged for cause ; but, the challenge being-then interposed, and the facts…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, C. J.
— As we understand the facts, when it was made known to the trial court that A. G. Smith, one of the persons from whom a jury was to be selected, had been convicted of a felony in this State, and had not been pardoned, the court declined to exclude him as a juror, unless he was-challenged for that cause. The defendant thereupon challenged him for cause, and the court held the challenge'well taken. So, the juror, Smith, neither sat upon the jury, nor was his exclusion charged to Tie defendant as one of his peremptory challenges. It was impossible for this ruling to have done the defendant any…
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