Welden v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the CourtSamford, J.
Evidence connecting defendant with the crime charged was entirely circumstantial. There was evidence tending to prove that a car which made a peculiar track had been followed by a witness from a point where it bad been rolled out of a ditch near tbe storehouse that had been robbed, to a point several miles in tbe direction of defendant’s dwelling. This was Wednesday evening after tbe robbery Tuesday night. This track disappeared from tbe road and was lost. It rained all day Thursday. On Friday witness went back into tbe neighborhood of defendant’s home and “got on trace of a little old car…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Gilmore v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1892
- Busby v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1884
- Loper v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1920
- Livingston v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1894
- Camillieri v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1923
3Cited by3 opinions
- Brown v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1946
- Hannon v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1948
- May v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1950