Chisolm v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County ; H. B. Heflin, Judge. Horace Chisolm, alias, etc., was convicted of robbery, and he appeals. The court erred in admitting the Stevens letter. 203 Ala. 349, .83 South. 93; 188 Ala. 237, 66 South. 452; 163 Ala. 272, 50 South. 906; 149 Ala. 210, 43 South. 71; 149 Ala. 552, 43 South. 108; 114 Ala. 94, 21 South. 934; 112 Ala. 304, 20 South. 413; 52 Ala. 183 ; 74 Mo. 33; 9 Tex.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County ; H. B. Heflin, Judge. Horace Chisolm, alias, etc., was convicted of robbery, and he appeals. The court erred in admitting the Stevens letter. 203 Ala. 349, .83 South. 93; 188 Ala. 237, 66 South. 452; 163 Ala. 272, 50 South. 906; 149 Ala. 210, 43 South. 71; 149 Ala. 552, 43 South. 108; 114 Ala. 94, 21 South. 934; 112 Ala. 304, 20 South. 413; 52 Ala. 183 ; 74 Mo. 33; 9 Tex. App. 283. Counsel discuss other assignments of error, but without further citation of authority. No brief reached the reporter.
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, J.
The appellant was convicted of robbery from the person of Mrs. Lois Bruce. The commission of the crime was fully established. The controverted question was whether the defendant was the guilty agent. The robbery was committed in the daytime, on April 6, 1919, while Mrs. Bruce was waiting at a wayside station for an interurban car. The evidence is undisputed that a negro was the robber.
[1] At the moment of the robbery, effected by snatching a bag or purse swinging from Mrs. Bruce’s arm, the offender handed her an envelope containing an unsigned writing, made in red ink. On the envelope' was…
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