Caldwell v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Calhoun County; I-Iugh D. Merrill, Judge. Edgar C. Caldwell was convicted of murder In the first degree and sentenced to death, and he appeals. The facts sufficiently appear from the opinion of the court, as do most of the excepted-to portions and of the court’s oral charge.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Calhoun County; I-Iugh D. Merrill, Judge. Edgar C. Caldwell was convicted of murder In the first degree and sentenced to death, and he appeals. The facts sufficiently appear from the opinion of the court, as do most of the excepted-to portions and of the court’s oral charge. Special requests refused to the defendant, Nos. 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 17, 19, and 20, are charges relieving the defendant of guilt of murder in the first or second degree, in case he killed the deceased under adequate provocation causing anger or thirst of blood. -In charge 12 the court charges the…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, J.
The appellant, Caldwell, stands convicted of murder in the first degree. The _ death sentence was imposed. Cecil Linton, a street car conductor, then in service, was the victim. The tragedy occurred on December 15, 1918. The appellant used a pistol, firing but two shots, one of which killed Linton and the other seriously wounded Morrison, the motorman of the street car. An outline of the event will suffice for present purposes. The appellant had entered the ear as a passenger; an altercation between him and Conductor Linton ensued; the motorman Morrison, went to the assistance of the…
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