Reed v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Circuit Court, Washington County; Ben D. Turner, Judge. Cooper Reed was convicted of murder in the second degree, and he appeals. The person alleged to have been killed was Leslie Wilks, and the instrument used was alleged to he a stick or scantling.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Washington County; Ben D. Turner, Judge. Cooper Reed was convicted of murder in the second degree, and he appeals. The person alleged to have been killed was Leslie Wilks, and the instrument used was alleged to he a stick or scantling. The witnesses Lynes and Daugherty each testified to a conversation had with the defendant in the presence of the sheriff, and each testified that the talk was voluntary; no inducements were offered, no hope of reward held out, and no threats made. They were then iiermitted to testify that in the conversation the defendant said he hit…
1Opinion of the CourtBricken, P. J.
This defendant was charged by .indictment with the offense of murder in the first degree. On October 21, 1920, he was arraigned and entered a plea of not guilty. The case was set for trial on October 26, 1920, and the court proceeded to draw, a special jury to try this case, as required by law.
[1] On' October 26, 1920, when said‘case was called for trial, the defendant moved to quash the venire, on the grounds that the sheriff had failed to comply with the order of the court to serve forthwith upon the defendant a list of the names composing the venire to try this case, and also a copy of the…
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