Lawman v. State

The following is the response of the Supreme Court to inquiry heretofore certified by the Court of Appeals:

The Court of Appeals propounds to the Supreme Court the inquiry defined in the following certificate:

“Under the provisions of the statute (Act approved March 9, 1911 [Acts 1911, p. 95] § 2) the following question is hereby certified to the Supreme Court for determination, as the judges of the Court of Appeals are unable to reach a unanimous conclusion or decision in case pending in said court wherein the question is involved.

“(1) Is the opinion in the case of Taylor v. State, 17 Ala.…