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Ladd v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided November 15, 1890PublishedCited by 20 opinions

From the Circuit Court of Jackson. Tried before the Hon. John B. Tally. The appellant in this case, Mineen!. D. Ladd, was indicted, tried and convicted for carrying a pistol concealed about his person.

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From the Circuit Court of Jackson. Tried before the Hon. John B. Tally. The appellant in this case, Mineen!. D. Ladd, was indicted, tried and convicted for carrying a pistol concealed about his person. The testimony for the State tended to show, that upon meeting David and Hugh Smith and James Johnson in a certain lane in Jackson county, Hugh Smith at the time driving a steer over to a neighbor’s near by, the defendant, -who was riding- in a buggy with one Samuel Brown, stopped them, and asked them where they were taking- that, steer, which he claimed belonged to him ; that the defendant got…

1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.

1. By an order made during the term at which the judgment was rendered, the court fixed the time in which the bill of' exceptions should be signed after the adjournment. The judge in vacation allowed several additional extensions of the time so fixed. Each allowance of further time was made before the expiration of the time fixed by the next preceding order, so that there was no lapse or period during which the bill of exceptions could not have been signed under an existing order; and it was signed -within the time last allowed by the judge. The authority of the judge in this *60regard was not…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Boyd v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1889
  2. Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham Railroad v. SmithSupreme Court of Alabama · 1890
  3. Diffey v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1888
  4. Cunningham v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1884
  5. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1885

3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Braham v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1904
  2. Sanders v. DavisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1907
  3. Sutherland v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1909
  4. Brown v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1929
  5. State v. BrunsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1927

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