Richardson v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Walker Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. J. J. Curtis. Bert Richardson was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, and he appeals.
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Appeal from Walker Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. J. J. Curtis. Bert Richardson was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, and he appeals. The motion to quash the venire was based on the ground that the names of the persons constituting the venire were not drawn according to law, and were not drawn by the officers authorized by law to draw same; that no order was made by the court commanding the sheriff to summon the persons whom the court ordered to constitute the venire in the case; the court ordered 85 persons to constitute the venire in this case, and no order was made by the…
1Opinion of the CourtGardner, J.
Defendant was indicted and tried for the murder of one Monroe Butts, was convicted of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to imprisonment for the period of 25 years.
(1, 2) There was no- error in overruling the motion to quash the venire, nor was there any .error in denying, the motion for continuance on the ground that some of the jurors were not served.—Acts 1909, p. 812, § 17.(3) The other grounds for continuance were clearly matters resting largely in the sound discretion of the court, and no abuse of this discretion is shown.(4) At the time defendant offered proof of threats made…
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