Gallant v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Tuscaloosa County Court. Heard before Hon. H. B. Foster. Howard Gallant was convicted of murder and he appeals.
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Appeal from Tuscaloosa County Court. Heard before Hon. H. B. Foster. Howard Gallant was convicted of murder and he appeals. Counsel insist that the evidence tending to show ill will on the part of the defendant towards his sister and stepmother was not admissible for any purpose and in support thereof cite Clark v. 'The State, 78 Ala. 472; 2 Enc. of Evi. 737; Sec. 4198, Code 1907; Page v. The State, 61 Ala. 16; DuBose v. The State, 50 Ala. 139; Raglan v. The State, 125 Ala. 12; 17 Cyc. 242. It cannot be reasonably contended that proof of the training of the dogs was sufficient. — Hoclge v.…
1Opinion of the CourtMoOLELLAN, J.
About 2:30 a. m., February 24, 1909, a destructive explosion was set off beneath a house in which Charles Gallant, his wife, Mrs. Alf. Gallant, and Mrs. Tal ford had their abode, and in which they were then asleep. The house urns greatly damaged, and Charles Gallant was killed, and his wife, who slept beside him, was painfully injured. Mrs. Alf Gallant and Mrs. Tal ford were uninjured, occupying as they did a room across the hallway from the room in which Charles Gallant and his wife were w'hen the explosion occurred, and immediately beneath which (room) the explosive Avas set off. This house…
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