McNeill v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the City Court of Mobile. Tried before the Hon. 0. J. Semmes . The appellant was indicted and tried for the murder of his wife, Catherine McNeill, and was convicted of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to be hanged.
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Appeal from the City Court of Mobile. Tried before the Hon. 0. J. Semmes . The appellant was indicted and tried for the murder of his wife, Catherine McNeill, and was convicted of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to be hanged. The evidence for the State, as shown by the bill of exceptions, tended to show, that on the morning of September 3d, 1893, Catherine McNeill, the wife of defendant, was found dead in her bed in Mobile county, with a wound made by an axe on the right side of her head just above the right ear; and that an axe was found on the bed near her body. ■ The evidence…
1Opinion of the CourtMcOLELLAN, J.
The general charge of a trial court given ex mero motu with reference to any point is to be considered as an entirety, and in connection with the evidence ; and it “should be read and construed with regard to the connection between its several sentences and propositions, each declaration being shaded and interpreted in the light of the context; and if any part so considered, limited or expanded, asserts the law correctly, it will not furnish ground for reversal, however faulty the clause might be if its meaning were not controlled by prior or subsequent passages.” — Montgomery & Eufaula R. R.…
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