Todd v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Perjury. Appeal from Cullman Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. D. W. Speake. Will Todd-was convicted of perjury, and he appeals. The facts sufficiently appear. The following charges were refused the defendant: (2) Under the evidence in this case, the jury cannot convict the defendant under count 2 of the indictment.
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Perjury. Appeal from Cullman Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. D. W. Speake. Will Todd-was convicted of perjury, and he appeals. The facts sufficiently appear. The following charges were refused the defendant: (2) Under the evidence in this case, the jury cannot convict the defendant under count 2 of the indictment. (4) Before the jury is authorized to convict the defendant, the burden is on the state to prove to your satisfaction beyond all reasonable doubt by the evidence in the case each and every constituent element of the offense charged against the defendant, and if after a consideration…
1Opinion of the CourtPelham, P. J.
The defendant Avas tried and convicted on a charge of perjury alleged to have been committed by him when testifying as a witness on the trial of one Doyle Hooten, indicted for murder in the circuit court of Cullman county. On the trial of the perjury case, the solicitor, to prove the defendant’s testimoney given on the murder trial in the case of State v. Doyle Hooten, offered and was allowed to introduce in evidence, over the objection and duly reserved exception of the defendant, a duly certified transcript of the the official stenographer’s notes of said testimony taken on the trial of the…
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