Gunter v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
QFbom the Circuit Court of Autauga. Tried before the Hon. James W. Lapsley The opinion in this case states most of the material facts. As to the questions propounded to Dr. J. B. Gaston, the bill of exceptions contains this statement: “Eight practicing physicians, upon the evidence, having heard the whole of it, testified that, in their opinion, upon said evidence, assuming it to be true, the defendant was insane at the time he shot Montgomery.
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QFbom the Circuit Court of Autauga. Tried before the Hon. James W. Lapsley The opinion in this case states most of the material facts. As to the questions propounded to Dr. J. B. Gaston, the bill of exceptions contains this statement: “Eight practicing physicians, upon the evidence, having heard the whole of it, testified that, in their opinion, upon said evidence, assuming it to be true, the defendant was insane at the time he shot Montgomery. The defendant ashed Dr. J. B. Gaston the following questions: ‘Upon the whole of the evidence in this case, assuming it to be true, is it, or not,…
1Opinion of the CourtSomenyille, J.
— Tbe prisoner was, in October, 1886, indicted for tbe murder of William D. Montgomery. Tbe trial of tbe cause, on change of venue, occurred in August, 1887, and be was convicted of manslaughter in tbe first degree. Tbe defense interposed was tbe alleged insanity of the prisoner.
Tbe verdict of tbe jury is in tbe following words: “We, tbe jury, find tbe defendant guilty of manslaughter in tbe first degree, and assess bis punishment at thirty months hard labor." Tbe sentence of tbe court on this verdict was imprisonment in tbe penitentiary for thirty months.
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