Goley v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Prom the Circuit Court of Conecuh. Tried before the Hon. John P. Hubbard. The defendant in this case, Ed. Goley, was indicted for the murder of William Luckey, by shooting him with a gun, and on the first trial was convicted of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to the penitentiary for ten years; but the judgment was reversed by this court, on a former day of the present term, and the cause remanded. — 85 Ala. 333. On a second trial, as shown by the present record,…
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Prom the Circuit Court of Conecuh. Tried before the Hon. John P. Hubbard. The defendant in this case, Ed. Goley, was indicted for the murder of William Luckey, by shooting him with a gun, and on the first trial was convicted of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to the penitentiary for ten years; but the judgment was reversed by this court, on a former day of the present term, and the cause remanded. — 85 Ala. 333. On a second trial, as shown by the present record, he was again convicted of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to the penitentiary for fifteen years. The bill of…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, J.
Section 751 of the Code must be construed with reference to the constitutional and legislative policy of the State to secure to defendants a speedy trial, and to mean that the criminal dockets shall be taken up on the second Monday, of the term to the exclusion of civil *60business, but not to deny tbe court tbe right to proceed with the trial of criminal cases before that time. To hold otherwise would be, in many instances, to enforce idleness on the Circuit Courts during a part of their terms, and to impede and delay the administration of justice, — a result diametrically opposed to the spirit…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- McAdory v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1878
- Marler v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1880
- McGehee v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1875
- Roberts v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1881
- Black v. Pratt Coal & Coke Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1888
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- Walker v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1890
- Kirby v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1889
- Pitts v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1903
- Hall v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1900
- Alston v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1895
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