Humphries v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Humphries v. State

106 So. 697, 21 Ala. App. 200, 1925 Ala. App. LEXIS 336

CourtAlabama Court of Appeals

DecidedDecember 15, 1925

Docket6 Div. 861.

StatusPublished

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Humphries v. State, 106 So. 697, 21 Ala. App. 200, 1925 Ala. App. LEXIS 336 (Ala. Ct. App. 1925).

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Opinion

RICE, J.

Appellant was convicted of the offense of assault with intent to murder one Louis Canterberry, and given a sentence of from 5 to 10 years in the penitentiary.

The statements made by defendant in the presence of the deceased just prior to the difficulty, and which statements caused the said difficulty, were relevant as a part of the res gestae. Stovall v. State, 18 Ala. App. 559, 93 So. 275.

There was no error in refusing to exclude the statement that the defendant appeared to have been drinking. Swain v. State, 8 Ala. App. 26, 62 So. 446. Anyhow, the question was not objected to, and the motion to exclude the answer came too late.

The several written charges refused to defendant have each been examined, and we find that in each instance the principle of law contained in the charge was fully and fairly given to the jury in some one or other of the many written charges given at defendant’s request, or in the very full, fair, and accurate oral charge of the court.

There is no prejudicial error anywhere apparent, and the judgment is affirmed.

Affirmed.

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