Reese v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
From the Circuit Court of Jackson. Tried before the Hon. John B. Tally. The indictment, in the case charged that the defendant, Sampson Reese, “ unlawfully and with malice aforethought killed a man whose name is to this grand jury unknown, by shooting him with a gun.
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From the Circuit Court of Jackson. Tried before the Hon. John B. Tally. The indictment, in the case charged that the defendant, Sampson Reese, “ unlawfully and with malice aforethought killed a man whose name is to this grand jury unknown, by shooting him with a gun. Said man, so killed, was supposed to be named C. Mehan, and was killed at the store of Glover & Ladd, on the south side of the Tennessee river, near Bridgeport, on Monday, the 29th day of May, 1881, in said county of Jackson.” The indictment was found in June, 1881, and the trial was had in August, 1890, resulting in a verdict of…
1Opinion of the Court
STONE, O. J.
It was objected in the court lielow, that a copy of the indictment, and “ a list of the jurors summoned for his trial,” were not served on the defendant, or on counsel appearing for him, one entire day before the day set for his trial. — Code of 1886, § 4449. This objection was urged as a reason why the defendant should not then be put upon his trial. The objection was overruled, and the defendant excepted.
It will be observed that the statute referred to was very materially changed by the adoption of the Code of 1886. See Code of 1876, § 4872. Hence the rulings on the former…
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