Paris v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
From the Circuit Court of Marshall. Tried, before the Hon. S. D. Hale. The prisoner in this case was indicted, by tbe name of Abner Paris, at the March term, 1858, of the circuit court of Marshall, for the murder of James Hose. On his application, at the September term, 1858, tbe trial was removed to Jackson county, and the cause was there continued at two successive terms.
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From the Circuit Court of Marshall. Tried, before the Hon. S. D. Hale. The prisoner in this case was indicted, by tbe name of Abner Paris, at the March term, 1858, of the circuit court of Marshall, for the murder of James Hose. On his application, at the September term, 1858, tbe trial was removed to Jackson county, and the cause was there continued at two successive terms. At tbe March term, 1859, “on the application of the defendant, with the consent of the State,” as the minute entry recites, the cause was removed back to Marshall county, where a trial was had, at the March term, 1860,…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
We have carefully considered the record, and the points pressed on our consideration, in this case, aud have not been able to find any error which, under our decisions, justifies a reversal. The silence of the record in the matter of the service of a copy of the indictment, and a list of the jurors, two entire days before the trial, and in the matter of a formal arraignment before plea pleaded, raises questions, all of which are of kindred character. Although these are among the clear legal rights of one who stands charged with a capital felony, still, they are not of that high grade — do not…
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