Bluett v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Walker Law and Equity Court. Heard before Hon. Thomas L. Sowell. Rich Bluett, alias, etc., was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, and he appeals. The defendant was indicted for unlawfully and with malice aforethought killing Scott Davenport, by shooting him with a gun or pistol.
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Appeal from Walker Law and Equity Court. Heard before Hon. Thomas L. Sowell. Rich Bluett, alias, etc., was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, and he appeals. The defendant was indicted for unlawfully and with malice aforethought killing Scott Davenport, by shooting him with a gun or pistol. The defendant moved to quash the indictment: (1) Because the grand jury which found it was not drawn as required by law, in that the jury commissioners picked and selected such parties or persons over the county as they wanted to act as grand jury, and culled out and refused to take many names…
1Opinion of the CourtSimpson, J.
The defendant in this case was indicted for the crime of murder in the first degree, and was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree.
There was no error in the action of the court in overruling the motion to quash the indictment. The objections set forth are not such as can be raised. — Code 1896, § 5269; Rogers v. State, 144 Ala. 32, 40 South. 572; Shirley v. State, 144 Ala. 35, 40, South. 269.
There was no error in sustaining the objection of the state to the question to the witness Will Thomas as to how often he had seen Scott Davenport with a pistol. No explanation was offered as to…
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- Holmes v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1893
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