Wright v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Bessemer City Court. Heard before Hon. J. C„ B. GwiN. Will Wright was convicted of murder in the second degree, and he appeals.
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Appeal from Bessemer City Court. Heard before Hon. J. C„ B. GwiN. Will Wright was convicted of murder in the second degree, and he appeals. The assignments of error mentioned and not sufficiently stated in the opinion are as follows: (16) Overruling defendant’s objection to the following question propounded to Powell, by the state: “Do you know anything about Will having trouble about stolen clothes?” (17) Answer of witness, “I heard Will say he had a pistol and some clothes stolen from him (the deceased was Robert Foster).” (8) Sustaining objection of state to question to witness Clayton:…
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, J.
Appellant was indicted for murder, convicted of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to a term of ten years’ imprisonment. From the judgment of conviction he prosecuted this appeal.(1) The record discloses that in addition to 48 jurors drawn and summoned to act as the regular jurors for the week beginning June 7, 1915, the trial court, on May 29, 1915, drew 7 additional names, which, together with the 48 names, it was ordered should constitute a special venire to try appellant’s case. On June 7, 1915, appellant was arraigned, and the court set his case down for trial on the succeeding…
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