Plant v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Baldwin. Tried before the Hon. William S. Anderson. The appellant in this case, Tom Plant, was indicted and tried for the murder of Will Thomas, was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to be hanged. Before entering upon the trial, the defendant moved the court to quash the venire. The grounds of this motion are sufficiently shown in the opinion. The court overruled the motion, and the defendant duly excepted.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Baldwin. Tried before the Hon. William S. Anderson. The appellant in this case, Tom Plant, was indicted and tried for the murder of Will Thomas, was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to be hanged. Before entering upon the trial, the defendant moved the court to quash the venire. The grounds of this motion are sufficiently shown in the opinion. The court overruled the motion, and the defendant duly excepted. The evidence showed that the defendant and the deceased, Will Thomas, were convicts and were worked by the Hand Lumber Company at…
1Opinion of the CourtHaralson, J.
Before entering on the trial, defendant moved to quash the venire on the ground that the names of three of the special jurors drawn for the trial appeared on the list served on the defendant, when in fact these persons had not been summoned as jurors; and on the further ground, that one Bryant had been excused by the court, from the trial of said cause without the knowledge of defendant.
There was no merit in the first ground of the motion. These three men were special jurors, and though not summoned, their names were properly placed on the list served on the defendant.-Code, § 5005; Caddell…
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