Driggers v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the County Court of Wilcox. Tried, before the Hon. James T. Beck. The appellant was indicted, tried and convicted for carrying a pistol concealed about his person.
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Appeal from the County Court of Wilcox. Tried, before the Hon. James T. Beck. The appellant was indicted, tried and convicted for carrying a pistol concealed about his person. On the trial of the cause Ed Bailey, witness for State, testified that in March, 1897, in Pine Apple Beat, in Wilcox county, he had a difficulty with defendant’s half brother; that shortly afterwards, the defendant and twenty-six other persons came up toward him at the place of difficulty; that defendant at the time was in his shirt sleeves and had the fingers of his right hand in his right side pants pocket in front;…
1Opinion of the CourtTyson, J.
The judgment entry in all criminal cases where there is conviction should recite in express words that the defendant is adjudged guilty by the court a.s found by the jury. There should always be the judgment of the court upon his guilt. In many cases, tlie judgment entries in this respect are faulty and more attention should be paid by the clerks and judges of nisi ¡iritps courts to this important feature. The essential requisites which such judgment entries should contain have been so -often pointed out and .suggested by this court it would seem that every clerk and judge in the State would…
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