Crenshaw v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Butler County; A. E. Gamble, Judge. Jake Crenshaw was convicted of murder, and he appeals. The question to the witness Robbins, “Did he make a statement?” was error, since» it called for a confession, since all confessions are prima facie not admissible in evidence. 16 C. J. 715, and authorities there cited; 144 Ala. 106, 42 South. 30; 83 Ala. 1, 3 South. 749, 3 Am.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Butler County; A. E. Gamble, Judge. Jake Crenshaw was convicted of murder, and he appeals. The question to the witness Robbins, “Did he make a statement?” was error, since» it called for a confession, since all confessions are prima facie not admissible in evidence. 16 C. J. 715, and authorities there cited; 144 Ala. 106, 42 South. 30; 83 Ala. 1, 3 South. 749, 3 Am. St. Rep. 6S2. The court erred in permitting the witness Stallings to say that the shoe fit the track perfectly. 77 Ala. 66; 97 Ala. 40, 12 South. 164, 38 Am. St. Rep. 145; 105 Ala. 128, 17 South. 99; 118…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, J.
[1] This appellant has been adjudged guilty of the murder (first degree) .of Mrs. Laura Gafford. She was killed on Sunday, May 16, 1920, some time after 2 p. m., at her residence on a plantation in Butler county. When found late in the afternoon of that date, she had probably been dead several hours. The body bore evidence of brutal mutilation and of blows on the head and face from a heavy, blunt instrument, and a piece of iron, customarily used as a fire poker, was found near the body in the hallway of the dwelling. Her daughters left Mrs. Gafford alone at her home, preparing to bathe, when…
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