Boddie v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court of Colbert. Tried before the Hon. W. B. Wood. The appellant, James Boddie, alias White, was indicted in the circuit court of Lauderdale for rape committed upon one Antilla Little. Upon his application the trial was transferred to the circuit court of Colbert county, in which court he was convicted and sentenced to be hanged.
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Appeal from Circuit Court of Colbert. Tried before the Hon. W. B. Wood. The appellant, James Boddie, alias White, was indicted in the circuit court of Lauderdale for rape committed upon one Antilla Little. Upon his application the trial was transferred to the circuit court of Colbert county, in which court he was convicted and sentenced to be hanged. The bill of exceptions recites that “ on the trial the State introduced the transcript of the proceedings in said cause had in the circuit court of the county of Lauderdale, from which county the venue had been changed on a proper application,…
1Opinion of the CourtBbickell, C. J.
The indictment was preferred in the circuit court of Lauderdale county, and on the application of the defendant the trial was removed to the circuit court of Colbert. On the trial in that court, the defendant objected to the introduction of the transcript from the circuit court of Lauderdale, because it was not legally and properly authenticated and certified. The objection was general, not specifying in what respect the certificate, or authentication of the transcript, was defective. In Bramlette v. State (31 Ala. 380), it is said it must be conceded that when the venue in a criminal case is…
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