Cotney v. State

On Second Rehearing.

FOSTER, Justice.

The case of Collins v. Jones, 83 Ala 365, 3 So. 591, on which we relied in reversing this case, did not have the point directly involved, as to whether it was' the duty of one offering evidence, which is admissible for a certain purpose, to announce the purpose for which it is offered. The opinion noted that the evidence was not competent for the purpose for which it was offered, and therefore it was error to overrule objection to it, but that it was admissible for another purpose, and if it had been offered generally it should have been received though…