Lantern v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Bessemer City Court. Heard before Hon. William Jackson. Wyatt Lantern was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, and he appeals.
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Appeal from Bessemer City Court. Heard before Hon. William Jackson. Wyatt Lantern was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, and he appeals. The charge on flight assumed that there was a flight, and its giving was erroneous. — 71 Ala. 17. The court erred in refusing charge A. — Famtroy v. The State, 51 So. 981. A careful examination of the record fails to disclose any proof of venue. — Childs v. The State, 55 Ala. 30. The record purports to contain all the evidence, and for want of proof of venue the defendant is entitled to the affirmative charge as requested in writing by him. —…
1Opinion of the Court
PEE CURIAM.
The appellant was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree.
There was no error in overruling the objection to the question by the state to the witness Silas Moore, “Didn’t you SAvear before the grand jury that you saw blood on Ike Harris’ coat, and holes in his coat?”—Thompson v. State, 99 Ala. 173, 13 South. 53.
That part of the oral charge to the effect that, “in order to entitle the defendant to plead self-defense, the Avife must haAre been free from fault in bringing on the difficulty,” asserts a correct proposition of law, in a case where the defendant claims that he killed…
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