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157 Ala. 12

Glenn v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided December 17, 1908

Supreme Court of Alabama · decided 1908-12-17

<p> Murder. </p> <p>1. Witnesses; Examination. — Tt is competent to refresh the memory of a witness by reminding him of the testimony given by him before the grand jury.</p> <p>2. Homicide; Evidence; Res Gestae. — The fact that the accused used profane language to the deceased at the time of the difficulty, is admissible as shedding light upon the manner and frame of mind of the accused at the time, and as part of the res gestae of the transaction.</p> <p>3. Same; Evidence of Venue. — Where a witness testified that the murder was committed at a certain named station on a certain car line, ‘in this county” and the trial was held in a certain county, the evidence of the venue was sufficient, although there was no direct evidence that the hilling occurred in that county.</p> <p>4. Neio Trial; Criminal Case. — This court will not review the judgment of the trial court refusing a motion to grant a new trial in a criminal case.</p>

Relies on Burrage v. State · Thompson v. State

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Affirmed · Decided 1908-12-17

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Cited by 13 later decisions — most recently April 1973

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DENSON, J.

¶1— The defendant was tried and convicted under an indictment which charged her with the murder of Idella Ashley, and was sentenced to the penitentiary for 20 years. There is no merit in the objections interposed and motions made in respect to the testimony of the witness J. M. Edwards.

¶2• The testimony of Jack Washington is not set out in the bill of exceptions, but evidently, from the question propounded to him, and objected to, the solicitor deemed it necessary to refresh his memory; and it was competent for him to do so, by reminding the witness of his testimony given before the grand jury. —Thompson’s Case, 99 Ala. 173, 13 South. 753.

¶3That defendant made use of profane language to the person she is alleged to have killed, at the time of the difficulty, was proper to be shoAvn, as shedding light upon the manner and disposition of the defendant; and it was also admissible, upon the doctrine of res gestae.

¶4While the Avitness did not, in so many words, testify that the killing occurred in Jefferson -county, yet the trial was had in that county, and the bill of exceptions recites that they “testified that said act was committed at Riley Station, on the South Bessemer car line, in this county.” No other meaning could, under the circumstances, be attached to this testimony than that the killing occurred in Jefferson county. Therefore the theory of the defendant that there was no evidence of the venue is without foundation in fact, and the affirmative charge requested by her was properly refused.

¶5This court will not review the judgment of the trial court, overruling a motion for a neAAr trial in a criminal case. — Burrage’s Case, 113 Ala. 108, 21 South. 213.

¶6There is no error in the record, and the judgment of conviction must be affirmed.

¶7Affirmed.

Tyson, C. J., and Dowdell and Simpson, JJ., concur.
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