Couch v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Bessemer City Court. Heard before Hon. J.. C. B. Gwin. Lucy Couch was convicted of violating the prohibition law, and she appeals. Counsel discuss the indictment, but without citation of authority. They insist that the court erred in not excluding the solicitor’s remarks. — B. It.
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Appeal from Bessemer City Court. Heard before Hon. J.. C. B. Gwin. Lucy Couch was convicted of violating the prohibition law, and she appeals. Counsel discuss the indictment, but without citation of authority. They insist that the court erred in not excluding the solicitor’s remarks. — B. It. L. d P. Co. v. Drennen, 57 South. 876. The court was also in error in refusing to exclude the remarks of counsel relative to the jurors returning a corrupt verdict because paid |2 per day.— Wolf v. Minnis, 74 Ala. 386; Sidlivan v. State, 66 Ala. 48-; Cross v. State, 68 Ala. 476; Florence, etc. v. Field,…
1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.
1. The defendant was tried on an affidavit, which charged, omitting the formal parts, that the defendant sold “spirituous, vinous, or maltous liquors without a license and contrary to law.”
2. There was only two Avitnesses for the state — Long and Teer — each of Avhom testified, respectively, that they Avere together on January 2, 1912, and went to defendant’s house at Johns, in Jefferson county, Ala., about 9 o’clock that morning; that there Avas no one else there at the time, except themselves and the defendant, who is a Avoman; that they Avere at the house about *45two hours, and while there…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Cross v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1881
- Hornsby v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1891
- Childress v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1888
- Horton v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1875
- Elder v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- Gary v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1922
- Perry v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1983
- Wheat v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1979
- Willis v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1917