Coleman v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Ebom: the Circuit Court of Wilcox. Tried before the Hon. JohnK. Heney. Tbe defendants in this case, Anthony Coleman and Harriet Coleman, were jointly indicted and tried for tbe murder of Eobert Hall, alias Eobert Thigpen; and were convicted of manslaughter in the first degree.
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Ebom: the Circuit Court of Wilcox. Tried before the Hon. JohnK. Heney. Tbe defendants in this case, Anthony Coleman and Harriet Coleman, were jointly indicted and tried for tbe murder of Eobert Hall, alias Eobert Thigpen; and were convicted of manslaughter in the first degree. After judgment had been rendered against them in accordance with the verdict of tbe jury, sentencing tbe former to bard labor for the county for a term of eight years, and the latter for a term of two years, they were again brought before the court, on a subsequent day of tbe term, and were severally sentenced to an…
1Opinion of the Court
MANNING, J. —
Appellants were found guilty of manslaughter by the jury, who also awarded eight years of hard labor for the county by defendant Anthony, as his punishment, and two years of hard labor for the county by defendant Harriet, as her punishment; and the court passed judgment upon each of therñ. accordingly. A few days after-wards, they were severally brought before the court again, and, “failing to pay the costs of the prosecution, or confess judgment for the same,” the court, under section 4061 of the Revised Code, in separate judgments, ordered that each severally should “perform…
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