Marler v. States
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Crenshaw Circuit Court. Tried before Hon. James E. Cobb. At the Spring term, 1879, of said court the appellant and one Bose Bedman were jointly indicted for the murder of William B. Colquitt.
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Appeal from Crenshaw Circuit Court. Tried before Hon. James E. Cobb. At the Spring term, 1879, of said court the appellant and one Bose Bedman were jointly indicted for the murder of William B. Colquitt. At a subsequent term of tbe court a severance was granted the State, Bedman having been pronounced insane by a jury empannelled under the order of tbe court, to try that issue; and the appellant was tried alone, was convicted of murder in the first degree, and was sentenced to the penitentiary for life. On an appeal to this court, that sentence was reversed and the cause remanded. Marler v.…
1Opinion of the CourtSomeryille, J.
The grand jury, which found the indictment in this case, was a legally constituted body, we think, notwithstanding the act of February 13, 1879, which was passed to regulate the drawing of grand juries in the several counties specified in the act, among which is included the county of Crenshaw.—Acts 1878-79, p. 204. This act reduced the number of persons to be drawn, for organizing grand juries in these several counties, to fifteen, the general law in the Code requiring eighteen to be drawn for such purpose.—Code, 1876, § 4738. It was not intended, however, to be retroactive in its operation,…
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