Hagood v. State

The plea in abatement filed by defendant was no answer to the indictment in this case. The demurrer thereto was properly sustained. Garrison v. State, 217 Ala. 322, 116 So. 706. Moreover, the purported plea was not verified by oath, and this the Statutes requires. Section 5197, Code 1923; that the offense complained of was committed Fason v. State, 19 Ala. App. 533, 98 So. 702.

There was1 ample evidence tending to show that the offense complained of was committed in Lawrence county, Ala., and within the period of time covered by the indictment to •submit these questions to the jury and to…