Wilson v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Blount Circuit Court. .Heard before Hon. J. E. Blackwood-. Bill Wilson was convicted of murder in tbe first degree, and be appeals. Tbe verdict as returned was as follows: “We, tbe jury, find tbe defendant guilty of murder in tbe first degree, as charged in tbe indictment, and fix bis punishment by imprisonment in tbe penitentiary for life.” Tbe court remarked: Your verdict is not in exact form.
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Appeal from Blount Circuit Court. .Heard before Hon. J. E. Blackwood-. Bill Wilson was convicted of murder in tbe first degree, and be appeals. Tbe verdict as returned was as follows: “We, tbe jury, find tbe defendant guilty of murder in tbe first degree, as charged in tbe indictment, and fix bis punishment by imprisonment in tbe penitentiary for life.” Tbe court remarked: Your verdict is not in exact form. You should say: We, tbe jury, find tbe defendant guilty of murder in tbe first degree, as charged in tbe indictment, and we fix bis punishment at imprisonment in tbe penitentiary for life.…
1Opinion of the CourtGardner, J.
The appellant was' convicted of the murder of his wife, Jennie Wilson, and his punishment fixed by the jury at imprisonment in the penitentiary for life.
The state relied upon circumstantial evidence both as to the fact that Jennie Wilson was' murdered and as to the guilty party. The only questions argued by counsel in brief relate to objections and exceptions as to the admissibility of evidence.
There was evidence introduced by the state to show: That defendant and his wife had separated, and that defendant had gone to the home of his father and had the two older children with him. That his…
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