MacHen v. State

[1] After the state’s witness Campbell had testified to certain facts as shown by a hook kept by the steamboat, showing what goods had been unloaded at a certain landing, the defendants’ counsel moved to exclude the testimony, which motion the court overruled. This action of the court was not error. The objection and motion were interposed too late. The defendants cannot speculate on what the witness will say, and, when his testimony proves unfavorable, object, and have it excluded on motion. Robinson v. State, 8 Ala. App. 435, 62 South. 372; Humphreys v. State, 2 Ala. App. 1, 56 South. 72;…