Shirley v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Monroe Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. John T. Lackland. On ¡the trial the State offered to introduce the written testimony of J. P. Klausen, taken down at the preliminary hearing and subscribed by him. As a predicate for the introduction of this testimony ,the State offered D. K. Smith, who testified ¡that he knew J. P. Klausen, who testified on the preliminary trial of the defendants, before judge.
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Appeal from Monroe Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. John T. Lackland. On ¡the trial the State offered to introduce the written testimony of J. P. Klausen, taken down at the preliminary hearing and subscribed by him. As a predicate for the introduction of this testimony ,the State offered D. K. Smith, who testified ¡that he knew J. P. Klausen, who testified on the preliminary trial of the defendants, before judge. Stallworth; that when he so testified, Klausen was a resident citizen of the State of Florida; that since the preliminary trial witness had visited Klausen at his home in Florida,…
1Opinion of the CourtDenson, J.
At the fall term, 1903, of the circuit court, held for the county of Monroe, Isaac Shirley, Jesse Shirley and Joseph Shirley were separately indicted for an a-saulf with intent to murder Jim Smith.
The cases were tried at an adjourned term,of the court held in Jiilv and August, 1905. By an agreement made between the solicitor and counsel for the defendants the three cases were tried jointly. The record shows that Jesse and Isaac were convicted and each sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of twenty years, they appealed.
The record fails to show a formal adjudication of the defendants’ guilt…
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