Jones v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
From the Circuit Court of Etowah. Tried before the lion. James Aiken. The defendant in this case, James Jones, was indicted for an assault with a pistol on one William Croft, with the intent to murder him; was tried on issue joined on the plea of not guilty, found guilty as charged in the indictment, and sentenced to hard labor for the county for the term of two years.
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From the Circuit Court of Etowah. Tried before the lion. James Aiken. The defendant in this case, James Jones, was indicted for an assault with a pistol on one William Croft, with the intent to murder him; was tried on issue joined on the plea of not guilty, found guilty as charged in the indictment, and sentenced to hard labor for the county for the term of two years. On the trial, as appears from the bill of exceptions, the evidence showed that the difficulty between the parties occurred under these circumstances: The defendant and one Bulger were playing a game of cards in an open field,…
1Opinion of the Court
STONE, O. J.
The defendant was indicted for an assault with intent to murder William Croft. Under that indictment, lie might have been acquitted of the higher offense, which under our statute is made a felony, and convicted of the lesser offense, an assault, or assault and battery. The testimony was not in harmony, but none of it exonerated the defendant from all blame in provoking, or bringing on the difficulty. This is always a material inquiry, when self-defense is relied on. It is an important factor; for circumstances which would fully establish self-defense, if unimpaired by provocation…
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