Dorsey v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appear from the Circuit Court of Cherokee. . Tried before the Hon. J. A. Bilbro. Andrew Dorsey was convicted of murder in the second degree, and appeals. The ruling of the court upon the formation of the jury is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
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Appear from the Circuit Court of Cherokee. . Tried before the Hon. J. A. Bilbro. Andrew Dorsey was convicted of murder in the second degree, and appeals. The ruling of the court upon the formation of the jury is sufficiently stated in the opinion. The evidence for the state tended to show that Dick Wilkins, a brother of the deceased, and the defendant, were talking about the way the defendant had been treated by said Dick Wilkins in reference to his gun, which the defendant had pawned him; that upon Dick Wilkins having the gun of the defendant returned to him, upon the repayment of the loan…
1Opinion of the CourtColbman, J.
The defendant Avas convicted ofmurder in the second degree. The first exception reserved! arose upon the ruling of the court Avhile empanelling a jury. A juror’s name Avas drawn, avIio, at the time, was , a member of a jury then engaged in considering a ver-' diet in another case. The court directed the name to be.. set aside, and for the drawing to proceed. The defendant objected, claiming that, as the juror had been summoned in his case, and his name put upon the list served upon him, he had the right to challenge or accept the juror.
Exceptions of this character, and there have been sev*160eral…
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