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137 Ala. 83

Henderson v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided November 15, 1902

Supreme Court of Alabama · decided 1902-11-15

Tric'd before tlie lion. 'William XL Thomas. Tlie appellant in this caw*. Porter Henderson, vas tric'd and convicted for obtaining money under false pretenses; it being charged that with the intent to defraud James T. Andrew, the defendant did falsely pretend that lie had earned from the Plant System Railway eighteen dollars., and that by means of such false pretenses, received, from Janies T. Andrew eighteen dollars.

Relies on Walker v. State · Woodbury v. State · Ricketts v. Birmingham Street Railway Co.

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Decided 1902-11-15

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Cited by 9 later decisions — most recently October 1966

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TYSON, J.-

¶1'Since the decision in Crosby v. Hutchinson, 53 Ala. 5, it has been uniformly held that the judgment of a trial court can not be reversed for its: refusal to give a charge asked, unless it appears that it was asked in writing as the statute, ('Code, § 3328), requires. This is upon the familiar principle that, all reasonable intendments must be indulged to support the judgment of a court of general jurisdiction, and that unless error is affirmatively shown by the record, no reversal can be had.

¶2*85Tlie several charges refused, to defendant are not shown to have been in writing. This, of itself, justified their refusal, and we can not consider them. Wheless v. Rhodes, 70 Ala. 419; Ricketts v. Birmingham St. Railway Co., 85 Ala. 600; Walker v. State, 91 Ala. 76; Bellinger v. State, 92 Ala. 86; Foxworth v. Brown, 114 Ala. 299.

¶3The charge given at the. request of the1 solicitor is not shown not to have been in writing. Applying the same rule of presumption, we are constrained to bold that it was requested in writing, the contrary not affirmatively appearing, 14 properly hypothesized the facts and asserted a correct proposition of law.— Woodbury v. State, 69 Ala. 242; Sandy v. State, 60 Ala. 58.

¶4Affirmed.

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