Legal Opinion

Jimmerson v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided June 29, 1920No. 4 Div. 627PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal from Circuit Court, Barbour County ; J. S. Williams, Judge. Tom Jimmerson was convicted of manufacturing- prohibited liquors, and lie appeals. Counsel point out errors, as they insist, in the admission and rejection of evidence, and in support thereof they cite G8 South. 673; 10 Ala. App. 161, 64 South. 544; 6 Ala. xVpp. 41, 60 South. 455; 8 Ala. App. 367, 62 South. 322. The record is free from error, and the case should be affirmed. 78 South. 378;- 16 Ala.

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Appeal from Circuit Court, Barbour County ; J. S. Williams, Judge. Tom Jimmerson was convicted of manufacturing- prohibited liquors, and lie appeals. Counsel point out errors, as they insist, in the admission and rejection of evidence, and in support thereof they cite G8 South. 673; 10 Ala. App. 161, 64 South. 544; 6 Ala. xVpp. 41, 60 South. 455; 8 Ala. App. 367, 62 South. 322. The record is free from error, and the case should be affirmed. 78 South. 378;- 16 Ala. App. 126, 75 South. 718; 15 Ala. App. 206, 72 South. 762; 13 Ala. App. 61, 69 South. 319.

1Opinion of the CourtBricken, P. J.

The questions raised on this appeal relate solely to the rulings of the court upon the evidence, and upon the refusal of the court to give the general affirmative charge at the request of the defendant. Under the evidence, the court properly refused to give this charge.

[1] Witness for the state, G. W. Walker, testified that he saw the defendant in the act of making whisky and that at the time he saw" him no one was present except the defendant, Walker, the witness, and H. P. Walker, his son. The younger Walker was not present at the time of the trial, and over the objection and exception of…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Gibson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1889
  2. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1906
  3. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1893
  4. Abrams v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1920
  5. Stout v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1916

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Mullins v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1944
  2. Morris v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1932
  3. Pitts v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1954
  4. Bertalsen v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1925
  5. Pointer v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1954

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