Earle v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Anniston City Conrt. Heard before Hon. Thomas W. Coleman. Jk. O. B. Earle was convicted of grand larceny and be appeals.
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Appeal from Anniston City Conrt. Heard before Hon. Thomas W. Coleman. Jk. O. B. Earle was convicted of grand larceny and be appeals. The court erred in denying defendant the right to. ask the prosecuting witness if it was not against the rules of his employer to gamble. — Pace v. L. & IV., 52 South. 57. The defendant should have been permitted to inquire of the prosecuting witness as to the detective Reardon who was assisting in the prosecution, • and who was employed by the same company as the witness. — Prince v. The State, 100 Ala. 144; Lodge v. The State, 122 Ala. 98; Steahmer v. The…
1Opinion of the Court
de GRAFFENRIEI), J.
The defendant was in dieted for grand larceny, was tried and convicted, and was sentenced to the penitentiary.
During the progress of his trial in the couyt below, the defendant reserved exceptions to some of the rulings of the court relating to the admission of certain evidence, and it is to a consideration of those rulings that this opinion is addressed.
1. The evidence on behalf of the state tended to show that, one Long, who lived at Anniston, and who was an employee of the Southern Railway Company, and whose duties required him to be awake at night, went, about 8:30…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Prince v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1893
- Bennett v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1890
- Pace v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of Alabama · 1910
- Mitchell v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1900
- White v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1901
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- Forman v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1914
- McDowell v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1939
- Lassiter v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1950
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