Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Warsham

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided December 18, 1919No. 7 Div. 28PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Certiorari to Court of Appeals. Original petition by Walter Warsbam for a writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtGardner, J.

Walter Warsham, a police officer of the town of Alabama City, was convicted of murder in the second degree for the killing of one Holmes, and was sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for a period of 12 years. The judgment of conviction was affirmed by the Court of Appeals (84 South. 885), and the defendant files this petition for certiorari to review the decision of said court.

The shooting occurred at the home of Mrs. Annie Powell, who lived on White street, in Alabama City, and resulted from the effort of the defendant as a police oincer to arrest the deceased without a warrant.…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Gibson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1915
  2. Clements v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1874
  3. Hayes v. MitchellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1881
  4. Birt v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1908
  5. Warsham v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1919

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Union Indemnity Co. v. WebsterSupreme Court of Alabama · 1928
  2. Richardson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1920
  3. George D. Witt Shoe Co. v. MillsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1932
  4. Cobb v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1923
  5. Hoomes v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1948

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