Murphy v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Morgan Law and Equity Court. Heard before Hon. Thomas W. Wert. Jim Murphy was convicted of murder in the second degree under an indictment charging first degree murder, and appeals- The charges requested for the state and given are as follows:: (4) If the wounds inflicted by defendant on Skidmore, and: that by reasons of said wounds, and as a result thereof, the deceased was caused to have some other disease from which he died, then defendant would be responsible…
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Appeal from Morgan Law and Equity Court. Heard before Hon. Thomas W. Wert. Jim Murphy was convicted of murder in the second degree under an indictment charging first degree murder, and appeals- The charges requested for the state and given are as follows:: (4) If the wounds inflicted by defendant on Skidmore, and: that by reasons of said wounds, and as a result thereof, the deceased was caused to have some other disease from which he died, then defendant would be responsible for ■ inflicting said wounds unless he acted in self-defense in inflicting them. (5) If deceased died from heart…
1Per curiam
Appellant was indicted for murder in the first degree, was convicted of murder in the second degree and given a sentence of ten years. The evidence for the state tended to show that the deceased, having taken up and put in his lot some cattle belonging to the defendant that were trespassing upon the premises of deceased in a stock-law district and doing damage to his crops, notified defendant over the phone, who promised that he would that afternoon go over to deceased’s, pay the amount of damage that his (defendant’s) cattle had done, and take them home; that upon the arrival of defendant…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Jordan v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1886
- Moulton v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1889
- Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1891
- Pate v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1891
- Morgan v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1889
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Wilson v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1942
- Ex Parte PeraitaSupreme Court of Alabama · 2004
- Newsom v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1916
- Beverett v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1931
- Williams v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1925
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