Hall v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from tlie Criminal Court of Jefferson. Tried before the Hon. Daniel A. Greene. The appellant in this case, Felix Hall, was indicted, tried and convicted for the murder of Norwood Clark, was convicted of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to he hanged. On the trial of the case it was shown that Norwood Clark was killed by being- shot with a pistol or pistols in the hands of Felix Hall and one Will Miller.
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Appeal from tlie Criminal Court of Jefferson. Tried before the Hon. Daniel A. Greene. The appellant in this case, Felix Hall, was indicted, tried and convicted for the murder of Norwood Clark, was convicted of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to he hanged. On the trial of the case it was shown that Norwood Clark was killed by being- shot with a pistol or pistols in the hands of Felix Hall and one Will Miller. Jim Clark a Avitness for the State, testified that the defendant and one Will Miller came to the tent Avhere NorAvood Clark Avas, and calling him out began firing' upon him and…
1Opinion of the CourtTyson, J.
'While it is always .competent to show the bias of a witness by proving that he sustains such a relation to a. party as would likely influence his tes-' timomy, this rule cannot be stretched to the extent of allowing a defendant to show that a witness for the State is the husband of the washerwoman of the deceased.
The fact that Jim Ciarle and Annie Clark, who were husband and wife, both of whom werei examined as witnesses by the prosecution, had a difficulty on the day the homicide was committed, could shed no light upon the issues involved in this case. That fact was wholly irrelevant and…
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