Tanner v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appear from the Circuit Court of Cherokee. Tried before the Hon. John B. Tarry. The appellant, Bill Tanner, was jointly indicted with William and James Smith, for an assault with intent to murder Larkin Reynolds and Bill Johnson. The indictment contained two counts. In the first count, the assault was alleged to have been directed against said Reynolds; and in the second count, the assault was said to have been directed against said Johnson.
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Appear from the Circuit Court of Cherokee. Tried before the Hon. John B. Tarry. The appellant, Bill Tanner, was jointly indicted with William and James Smith, for an assault with intent to murder Larkin Reynolds and Bill Johnson. The indictment contained two counts. In the first count, the assault was alleged to have been directed against said Reynolds; and in the second count, the assault was said to have been directed against said Johnson. When the case was called for trial, the other two defendants not having been arrested at that time, the State asked for a severance as to the defendant…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, C. J.
The number of grand jurors in Cherokee county is limited to fifteen. No greater number can be drawn for any one term. — Acts of 1878-9, p. 204. • Every one of the said number drawn to serve at the December term, 1890, was summoned by the sheriff. When, at the opening of the court for said county, the venire was called, all appeared save two. Their places were supplied in statutory form, and the record shows that the court determined to have a grand jury of fifteen persons, namely: the remaining thirteen embraced, in the venire, and two additional ones, L. D. Griffiths and Henry McElrath. The…
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