Stoball v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the City Court of Montgomery. Tried before the Hou. A-. D. Sayke. The indictment against the defendant in this case charged that she “Unlawfully and with malice aforethought killed Sallie Williams, against the peace and dignity of the State of Alabama.” The defendant was tried under this indictment,' convicted of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to the penitentiary for twenty-five years..
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Appeal from the City Court of Montgomery. Tried before the Hou. A-. D. Sayke. The indictment against the defendant in this case charged that she “Unlawfully and with malice aforethought killed Sallie Williams, against the peace and dignity of the State of Alabama.” The defendant was tried under this indictment,' convicted of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to the penitentiary for twenty-five years.. Before the trial had commenced and before the jury was empannelled to try her case, the defendant moved the court to quash’ the venire, and -as grounds for said motion, assigned the…
1Opinion of the CourtBrickell, C. J.
The motion to quash the venire and in arrest of judgment were properly overruled. The question involved was fully considered in Hurd v. State, ante, p. 440, and the case, Hames v. State, 113 Ala. 674, relied on in support of the motions was explained and distinguished from this case,
*459The inquiry propounded to the witness Merriwether, as to his knowledge of the place where Sallie Williams (the person alleged to have been slain) was killed, was merely introductory to his further examination, in the course of which he testified that on the night of the killing he was sent for, and on reaching the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- DeArman v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1882
- Green v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1892
- Holley v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1883
- White v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1893
- Hames v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1896
3Cited by41 opinions
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