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169 Ala. 10

Johnson v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided July 6, 1910

Supreme Court of Alabama · decided 1910-07-06

Murder. Appeal from Bibb Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. B. M. Miller. Jack Johnson was convicted of murder in the first degree, and he appeals. Trick Cottingham was the man alleged to have been killed.

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Affirmed · Decided 1910-07-06

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Cited by 15 later decisions — most recently February 2005

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SIMPSON, J.

¶1The appellant was convicted of the crime of murder in the first degree. The predicate for admitting testimony of the dying declarations of Trick Cottingham Avas sufficient, and there was no error in admitting said declarations

¶2There is no law Avhich renders the widow of a murdered man incompetent to testify in regard to the circumstances of his death. Hence there was no error in admitting the testimony of Lottie Cottingham.

¶3*12There was no prejudicial error in admitting testimony of the ages of the children, who were lying on the floor with their father, at or immediately before the shooting, as it was a part of the res gestae, describing the situation at the time of the shooting. At any rate,‘it was harmless to the defendant.

¶4There was no error in overruling the objection to the question to Oscar Curry, “What did Jack say?” referring to the defendant, just before the shooting, as said question did not necessarily call for illegal testimony, and the answer to the question could not work any prejudice to the defendant.

¶5There was no error in the refusal to give charge 1, requested by the defendant. It is abstract. There was no testimony in the case tending to show that the defendant was insane.

¶6The same is true as to charge 2, requested by the defendant.

¶7There being no error apparent on the record, the judgment of the court is affirmed.

¶8Affirmed.

Dowdell, C. J., and McClellan and Mayfield, JJ., concur.
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