Bowen v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from tbe Circuit Court of Macou. Tried before tbe Hon. N. D. Denson. Tbe appellant in tbis case, Will Bowen, was indicted and tried for tbe murder of Henry Cowan, by shooting bim with a gun, was convicted of murder in tbe second-degree and sentenced to tbe penitentiary for twenty years. Tbe evidence tending to show tbe guilt of tbe defendant was circumstantial.
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Appeal from tbe Circuit Court of Macou. Tried before tbe Hon. N. D. Denson. Tbe appellant in tbis case, Will Bowen, was indicted and tried for tbe murder of Henry Cowan, by shooting bim with a gun, was convicted of murder in tbe second-degree and sentenced to tbe penitentiary for twenty years. Tbe evidence tending to show tbe guilt of tbe defendant was circumstantial. Tbe facts of tbe case necessary to an understanding of tbe decision on tbe present appeal are sufficiently stated in tbe opinion. Upon tbe introduction of all tbe evidence, tbe defendant requested tbe court to give to tbe jury…
1Opinion of the CourtSharpe, J.
Defendant Avas convicted of murder in the second degree upon an indictment charging him with the murder of CoAvan. It Avas proAred that shortly after pistol shots Avere heard the dead body of Cowan Avas found in a field about Avliere the firing Avas done, and that a shot Avound caused the death. The evidence adduced to prove the defendant fired the fatal shot Avas circumstantial, and consisted in part of testimony tending to shoAv that on the morning of the killing, defendant made inquiries of OoAvan’s AA'hereabouts; was seen near the place of the killing just before it occurred; that on the…
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