Schroeder v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Circuit Court, Mobile County; C. A. Grayson, Judge. William Schroeder was convicted of violating the prohibition law, and he appeals. Most of the facts sufficiently appear from the opinion.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Mobile County; C. A. Grayson, Judge. William Schroeder was convicted of violating the prohibition law, and he appeals. Most of the facts sufficiently appear from the opinion. The court charged the jury on its own motion as follows: i “Vou disregard any testimony, if there is any, that he has been formerly convicTed, but it is proper testimony for the jury to consider the fact, if it be a fact, that be had heretofore pleaded guilty; the one being the act of his own, and the other the act of tbe court. The court charges you, gentlemen of the jury, that that is…
1Opinion of the CourtSAMFORd, J.
[1] It was shown by the testimony of the state’s witnesses that two city detectives standing near defendant’s place of business saw a negro go in the store of defendant and come' out with a package in his hand, which he gave to another negro; that the detectives grabbed both negroes, and found the package to be one-half pint of Paul Jones whisky, in a three-pound paper bag. The detectives both testified that they knew the place to be defendant’s store, and that at the time the negro was in the store they saw defendant in there. Neither of the witnesses for the state testified to seeing…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Simpson v. E. C. Payne Lumber Co.Alabama Court of Appeals · 1919
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- Lyles v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1921
- Rogers v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1949
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