Jackson v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the City Court of Montgomery. Tried before the Hon. William H. Thomas. The appellant in this case, Morris Jackson, was indicted, tried and convicted for an assault upon Mose Bradford with the intent to kill him, and was sentenced to the penitentiary for two years. The facts relating to the special plea interposed by the defendant and the demurrers thereto are sufficiently shown in the opinion.
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Appeal from the City Court of Montgomery. Tried before the Hon. William H. Thomas. The appellant in this case, Morris Jackson, was indicted, tried and convicted for an assault upon Mose Bradford with the intent to kill him, and was sentenced to the penitentiary for two years. The facts relating to the special plea interposed by the defendant and the demurrers thereto are sufficiently shown in the opinion. There was evidence introduced on the part of the State tending to show that the defendant was guilty as charged in the indictment. The defendant introduced evidence tending to show that he…
1Opinion of the CourtSharpe, J.
In this case the defendant being inflicted for an assault with intent to murder filed a plea setting up in substance that he had been convicted and sentenced in the recorder’s court under the laws of the State as for .an affray constituted by the same act for which he is now prosecuted. The plea was demurred to on five, grounds, which are, in substance, first, that it failed to set out the warrant or affidavit on which the defendant was convicted; second, that it failed to' show the offense of which he was convicted; third, that it shows, he is now charged with a felony; fourth, that the act…
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