Dorsey v. State

Decided November 15, 1895

Supreme Court of Alabama · decided 1895-11-15

Tried before the Hon. William S. Thobxngton. Tlie appellant was indicted, tried and convicted for the larceny of money from the person of Ben Brown. Upon the trial of the cause, as is shown by the bill of exceptions, the State introduced evidence tending to show that the defendant was guilty as charged. The evidence for the defendant was in direct conflict with that of the State.

Relies on Jordan v. State · Webb v. State

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Decided 1895-11-15

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McCLELLAN, J.

¶1The testimony offered by the defendant to the effect that after he heard that a police officer had been to his house to arrest him, he went down to police headquarters to inquire about it, was properly excluded.—Jordan v. State, 81 Ala. 20.

¶2The charge requested by the defendant was properly refused. It is in one part argumentative. It does not expressly refer to the defendant’s good character. It assumes that evidence of the good character of a defendant necessarily tends to show innocence. And it gives undue prominence to the evidence on the subject of character. Webb State, 106 Ala. 52, and cases there cited.

¶3The testimony offered as to the wages defendant was receiving at the time of the alleged larceny was palpably irrelevant.

¶4Affirmed.