Humphrey v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County; H. P. Heflin, Judge. John . Humphrey was convicted of buying, receiving, concealing, etc., one hog of the value of $12, personal property of one R. S. Cross, and he appeals. The facts on which the opinion is rested, sufficiently appear therefrom. Defendant was convicted on a charge of buying, receiving or concealing stolen property, and from the judgment he appeals.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County; H. P. Heflin, Judge. John . Humphrey was convicted of buying, receiving, concealing, etc., one hog of the value of $12, personal property of one R. S. Cross, and he appeals. The facts on which the opinion is rested, sufficiently appear therefrom. Defendant was convicted on a charge of buying, receiving or concealing stolen property, and from the judgment he appeals. Counsel discuss the refusal of the court to permit the jurors to be interrogated as to their relation to the state’s witnesses, but without citation of authority. The court erred in…
1Opinion of the Court
On the trial and when the jurors were called to be selected to try this case, defendant's counsel requested the court to quality the jurors by asking them this question, "Are you related to Moses Howard and Jim Dukes, witnesses for the state?" and stated to the count that he expected the evidence to show that the witnesses named had formed a conspiracy to convict the defendant, and for that reason he would like to know before the jurors were qualified and before they proceeded to strike the jury if any of the jurors were related to these parties.
It is, of course, the duty of the trial judge…
2Cited by5 opinions
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- Guerin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1980
- Humphrey v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1921