Walling v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Coffee Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. A. B. Foster. (This cause was reviewed by the Supreme Court on application for certiorari to the Court of Appeals, and writ denied. See Ex parte Walling, 198 Ala. 702, 73 South. 103.) William T. Walling was convicted of murder in the second degree, and he appeals. The facts sufficiently appear.
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Appeal from Coffee Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. A. B. Foster. (This cause was reviewed by the Supreme Court on application for certiorari to the Court of Appeals, and writ denied. See Ex parte Walling, 198 Ala. 702, 73 South. 103.) William T. Walling was convicted of murder in the second degree, and he appeals. The facts sufficiently appear. The following charges were refused to defendant: (1) If the jury, after considering all the evidence, have a reasonable doubt as to whether defendant fired the shot which killed deceased, then it will be their duty to acquit defendant. (3) If there is…
1Opinion of the CourtPelham, P. J.
The defendant, William T. Walling, was charged with killing one Jim Sexton; the indictment was for murder in the second degree. The defendant was found guilty and sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary.
The testimony set out in the transcript is voluminous, and much of it but a repetition; many of the witnesses being examined several times regarding the same matters. For the purposes of a proper understanding of the rulings of the trial court to-be passed upon here a short synopsis of the evidence will suffice.
■ The deceased, who was unknown to, or not recognized by, the…
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