Lewis v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
From the Circuit Court of Lauderdale. The record in this case having been lost, the reporter cannot state the name of the presiding judge in the court below. Nothing but the opinion has come to his hands.
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, C. J.
This is an indictment for murder. The defendant in the court below was found guilty of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for twenty years. From this judgment and sentence he appeals to this court. The errors insisted on arise principally out of matters reserved in the bill of exceptions. They will be discussed below, as they are mentioned in the assignment.
The evidence below tended to show that tbe defendant and the deceased had quarrelled about a game at cards. The prisoner threatened to shoot or kill the deceased, if he did not settle up about the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Oliver v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1850
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- State v. NeeleySupreme Court of Iowa · 1865
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