Farley v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
From the Circuit Court of Lawrence. Tried before the Hon. II. C. Speaicic. The defendant in this case was indicted for carrying a pistol concealed about his person, and ■ pleaded not guilty to the indictment.
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From the Circuit Court of Lawrence. Tried before the Hon. II. C. Speaicic. The defendant in this case was indicted for carrying a pistol concealed about his person, and ■ pleaded not guilty to the indictment. On his trial, be reserved a bill of exceptions, in which the evidence adduced, and the rulings of the court now presented for revision, are thus stated : “ It was admitted by the defendant, that lie bought a pistol in the town of' Moulton in said county, on or about April 27th, 1881; and that the venue was correctly charged in the indictment. The State then offered one Cheatham as a…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
The general charge to the jury in this cause *172contains several separate and separable clauses. There was a general exception reserved to the charge, without specifying any particular clause or clauses excepted to. The rule established by this court, in such case, is, that unless the entire charge is faulty, there will not be a reversal, although in some of the separable clauses the primary court may have erred. The party excepting must point out the part of the charge in which error is supposed to have been committed, and make that the subject of his exception. We need not state the reasons on…
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