114 Ala. 10
Decided November 15, 1896
Supreme Court of Alabama · decided 1896-11-15
Tried before the Hon. A. D. Sayre-.- The appellant was indicted and tried for the murder of Margaret Davis, was convicted of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to the penitentiary for ten years.
Relies on McCutchen v. Loggins · Rhea v. State
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Decided 1896-11-15
Cited by 5 later decisions — most recently January 1933
5 state decisions
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¶1The city court erred in excluding from the jury proposed testimony going to show that the general character of State’s witness, Barnes, was bad. McCutchen v. Loggins, 109 Ala. 457, 465 ; Rhea v. State, 100 Ala. 119, 122, and cases there cited.
¶2The other exceptions reserved on the trial are patently without merit.
¶3Reversed and remanded.