Ware v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Bobbery. Appeal from Jefferson Criminal Court. Heard before Hon. William E. Fort. Thompson Ware was convicted of robbery, sentenced to 15 years imprisonment, and he appeals. The facts sufficiently appear. The oral charge of the court set out on page 60 of the record is as follows: Evidence may be offered tending to show flight of a defendant, and, when it is offered by the state, it may be considered by the jury in connection with the other evidence in the case.
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Bobbery. Appeal from Jefferson Criminal Court. Heard before Hon. William E. Fort. Thompson Ware was convicted of robbery, sentenced to 15 years imprisonment, and he appeals. The facts sufficiently appear. The oral charge of the court set out on page 60 of the record is as follows: Evidence may be offered tending to show flight of a defendant, and, when it is offered by the state, it may be considered by the jury in connection with the other evidence in the case. In the first place, where evidence is offered tending to show defendant’s flight, that he went away from the scene of an alleged…
1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.
The defendant was charged with robbery, an offense punishable capitally, an.d was convicted and given a sentence of 15 years.
The bill of exceptions contains the following statement with respect to the organization of the petit jury, for the trial, to wit:
“John T. Palmer was a regular juror who had been organized and impaneled as such for the trial of capital cases for the week, among which was the case of the state against [the present defendant] Thompson Ware. This juror had been in attendance all the week from Monday, May 18th, till Thursday, May 21st [the day of the present trial]. All of-…
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