Ingram v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Indictment for Murder. Appe\l from Talladega Circuit Court. Tried before Hon. L. E. Box. Thomas Ingram, the appellant, was- indicted at the spring term, 1877, of the Circuit Court of Talladega county, for the murder of Jack Coleman.
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Indictment for Murder. Appe\l from Talladega Circuit Court. Tried before Hon. L. E. Box. Thomas Ingram, the appellant, was- indicted at the spring term, 1877, of the Circuit Court of Talladega county, for the murder of Jack Coleman. On the trial the only eye-witness of the homicide, D. D. McDonald, testified that in the afternoon of October 19, 1876, about a half hour before sundown, he was going from his shop in Childersburg, Ala., to Sheely’s store, and while walking across the open square, he saw Thomas Ingram, a white man, and Jack Coleman, a colored man, walking side by side, across the…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
— The testimony is that the load, with whieh the gun was charged, entered the left breast of the deceased, just above the region of the heart, inflicting a wound, into which the witness testified he could insert his three fingers. Deceased expressed the conviction he would die. We think there can be no doubt the declarations were made under a conviction of impending death. Faire v. The State, 58 Ala. 74, and authorities cited. Part of the declaration of the deceased was in reply to a question asked him. This precise question has been several times before the English courts, and it was ruled…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Mitchell v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1877
- Stoudenmeier v. WilliamsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1857
- McHugh v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1858
- Faire v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1877
- Moore v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1848
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3Cited by41 opinions
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- Hussey v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1888
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