Balkum v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Dale'.' Tried before the Hon. J. M. Carmichael. The defendant was indicted, tried and convicted for ah assault and battery upon one Martha Ann Best. The facts pertaining to the only ruling upon the present appeal are sufficiently stated in the opinion:' cited 1 Greenleaf ■on Evidence, (15th ed.), §54; Cauley v. State, 92 Ala. 71; Morgan v. State, 88 Ala. 223. ’
1Opinion of the CourtColeman, J.
The defendant was convicted of an assault and battery upon one Martha Best. On the trial, she testified that defendant came to her house during the absence of her husband, and said to her, “I want you to be mine, * * * and let 'me do what I want' to ■with you ;” “that he approached her and put- his ' arms around her and started with-her towards the bed,” when 'she got loose from him, etc. If this testimony was true; -the defendant was guilty as charged. The defendant introduced evidence.of his good character. Oh cross-examination, many of the witnesses who- testified to the good character of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Cauley v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1890
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