Jones v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
From the Circuit Court of "Russell. Tried before the lion. Jas. E. Cobb. The defendant in this ease, Thomas D. Jones, was indicted for the murder of Ivey Doles, by shooting him with a pistol; was tried on issue joined on the plea of not guilty, convicted of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to the penitentiary for the term of eighteen years.
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From the Circuit Court of "Russell. Tried before the lion. Jas. E. Cobb. The defendant in this ease, Thomas D. Jones, was indicted for the murder of Ivey Doles, by shooting him with a pistol; was tried on issue joined on the plea of not guilty, convicted of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to the penitentiary for the term of eighteen years. A bill of exceptions reserved on the trial purports to set out “ substantially all the evidence bearing on the charges refused,” and shows these facts : The defendant and the deceased were brothers-in-law, having married sisters, and they were…
1Opinion of the CourtSomerville, J.
— The threat made by the defendant . against some one not-designated or identified by him — in which he declared, in general terms, “ Damn him, I am going to kill *15him” — was clearly admissible in evidence, under the authority of Ford. v. The. State, 71 Ala. 385, 396. This threat was made but a few hours before the killing of the deceased by defendant, and after the parties had engaged in a previous altercation on the same day. It was a matter of mere inference for the jury, whether the threat had reference to the deceased or to some other person.
It was competent to prove that the sheriff,…
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