Stephens v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the City Court of Montgomery. Tried before Hon. John D. Cunningham. The appellant, Záck Stephens, was indicted for murder át the February term, 1871, of the city court of Montgomery, tried at the July term following, and found guilty of murder in the second degree.
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Appeal from the City Court of Montgomery. Tried before Hon. John D. Cunningham. The appellant, Záck Stephens, was indicted for murder át the February term, 1871, of the city court of Montgomery, tried at the July term following, and found guilty of murder in the second degree. An appeal having been taken by the defendant to the •January term, 1872, of the supreme court, the clerk of the city court of Montgomery, on the 8th day of August, 1871, sent up to the supreme court a full transcript of the record and proceedings in said cause, duly certified under his hand and the seal of the court.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court in the main ease was as follows:
PETERS, J.
The appellant, Zach Stephens, was indicted at the February term, in 1871, of the city court of Montgomery, for murder. He was tried at the July term following of said city court, and found guilty of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for fifty years. And he now brings the case here by appeal, and insists that the record shows numerous errors in the proceedings in the court below, which would justify a reversal of the judgment of conviction, and a new trial in the court below.
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