Dumas v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Wilcox Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. B. M. Miller. Tingy Dumas was convicted of murder in the second degree and appeals.
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Appeal from Wilcox Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. B. M. Miller. Tingy Dumas was convicted of murder in the second degree and appeals. Connsel insist that if poisoning afterwards set in, where the wound was trifling at first, that it is material to know if the deceas ed had any other and Avhat diseases at the time, so as to show the causal connection betAveen the act and the death. — 1 Mayf. 659; Daughdrill v. The State, 113 Ala, 7. Counsel discuss other assignments relative to the admissions of evidence, but Avithout further citation of authority. There was testimony showing that the gun…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, J.
The defendant was convicted of murder in the second degree for the killing of John Goode. All the errors asserted relate to rulings on the admission and rejection of evidence. The deceased Avas shot in the side and arm; the weapon used being a pistol. He lived about three weeks after being shot. The physician attending deceased testified that the prime cause of his death was these wounds, and that blood poison developed. The defendant sought to show the *44diseased condition of deceased. There was no prejudicial error in the disallowance of that testimony. What ever may have been the physical…
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