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2 Ala. App. 145

Davis v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided November 30, 1911

Alabama Court of Appeals · decided 1911-11-30

Appear from Lee Law and Equity Oourt. Heard before Hon. Lum Dukes. Hix, Alias John Davis, was convicted of grand larcey and he appeals. Where testimony is illegal in whole or in part, and is given in answer to a legal question, objection to such testimony and motion to exclude it is proper and does not come too late. —A. O. E. Go. v. Ryan, 112 Ala. 337; McDonald v. Wood, 118 Ala. 589.

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently June 1917

2 state decisions

Relies on Dowling v. State · Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Butler

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Affirmed · Decided 1911-11-30

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de GRAFFENRIED, J.

¶1The defendant was indicted for grand larceny, was tided by a jury, was convicted of the offense, and was sentenced to the penitentiary. From the judgment of conviction, he appeals.

¶2During the progress of the trial a witness was permitted to testify that ‘‘Sam Davis said that Hicks Davis (defendant) went toward the fair ground, and that he would go with the witness and kelp find him.” The record does not show that the defendant objected to the question which called for 'this evidence; but it does show that the defendant after the evidence had gone to the jury, objected to it, and moved to exclude it, upon several grounds.

¶3As the defendant failed to object to the question which called for this evidence, but waited until the witness had answered the question before making his objection, the trial court will not be put in error for its failure to exclude the testimony.Dowling v. State, 151 Ala. 131, 44 South. 403; L. & N. R. Co. v. Butler, 1 Ala. App. 279, 55 South. 262.

¶4There were some other objections to the admission by the trial court of certain evidence, but the objections were patently without merit, and we will not discuss them.

¶5There was no error in the record, and the judgment of the court below is affirmed.

¶6Affirmed.

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