King v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

King v. State

101 So. 89, 20 Ala. App. 121, 1924 Ala. App. LEXIS 191

CourtAlabama Court of Appeals

DecidedJune 3, 1924

Docket8 Div. 166. [fn*]

StatusPublished

Cited by2 cases

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King v. State, 101 So. 89, 20 Ala. App. 121, 1924 Ala. App. LEXIS 191 (Ala. Ct. App. 1924).

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FOSTER, J.

The a'ppellant was convicted for violation of the prohibition law. The first count in the indictment charged the manufacture of prohibited liquors, and the second count charged the unlawful possession of a still. There was a general verdict of guilty. There was ample evidence to convict the defendant.

The defendant interposed objection to the question propounded to a state’s witness, “Was there any arrangement as to where the defendant was to meet the officers and go over to Huntsville the next morning?” on the ground that it was irrelevant and immaterial. The evidence had shown that two other persons found at the still were arrested at the time and the defendant developed on cross-examination of a state’s witness that the defendant himself was not taken into custody at that time. The evidence was relevant to rebut a’favorable inference sought to be drawn by the defendant from the fact that he was not arrested at the time, and in explanation of the failure of the officers to arrest him to show that he had agreed to meet them in Huntsville the next morning.

There was evidence that the defendant bought the sugar which was used in the manufacture of the whisky, and turned over the bill for the sugar to one Garrett, oiie of the men found at the still while it was in operation. It was relevant as direct testimony of the fact, and also for the purpose of corroborating Garrett’s testimony that the defendant had furnished the material for making the whisky. All occurrences connected with the commission of an offense may be received in evidence. Armor v. State, 63 Ala. 173. Whatever tends to shed light on the main inquiry is, as a general rule, admissible evidence. Mattison v. State, 55 Ala. 224. Garrett was an accomplice. His wife testified to the delivery by defendant to Garrett of the bill for the sugar. This evidence tended to corroborate the testimony of Garrett that the defendant' furnished the material for making the whisky.

The grounds of objection to the reading of the paper in evidence were (1) because the witness shows that she does not know it was the same paper, and (2) because the paper shows that it was a different paper from the one testified to by witness. The witness testified she knew the paper, and that it was the same paper handed by defend *122 ant to iter husband. The evidence was admissible. Its probative force was a question for the jury.

The court properly refused 'charges 1 and 2 requested by the defendant. These were the general affirmative charge as to counts 1 and 2 respectively. There was ample evidence to justify a conviction under each count of the indictment.

There is no error in the record. The judgment of the circuit court is affirmed.

Affirmed.

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FOSTER, J.

The a'ppellant was convicted for violation of the prohibition law. The first count in the indictment charged the manufacture of prohibited liquors, and the second count charged the unlawful possession of a still. There was a general verdict of guilty. There was ample evidence to convict the defendant.

The defendant interposed objection to the question propounded to a state’s witness, “Was there any arrangement as to where the defendant was to meet the officers and go over to Huntsville the next morning?” on the ground that it was irrelevant and immaterial. The evidence had shown that two other persons found at the still were arrested at the time and the defendant developed on cross-examination of a state’s witness that the defendant himself was not taken into custody at that time. The evidence was relevant to rebut a’favorable inference sought to be drawn by the defendant from the fact that he was not arrested at the time, and in explanation of the failure of the officers to arrest him to show that he had agreed to meet them in Huntsville the next morning.

There was evidence that the defendant bought the sugar which was used in the manufacture of the whisky, and turned over the bill for the sugar to one Garrett, oiie of the men found at the still while it was in operation. It was relevant as direct testimony of the fact, and also for the purpose of corroborating Garrett’s testimony that the defendant had furnished the material for making the whisky. All occurrences connected with the commission of an offense may be received in evidence. Armor v. State, 63 Ala. 173. Whatever tends to shed light on the main inquiry is, as a general rule, admissible evidence. Mattison v. State, 55 Ala. 224. Garrett was an accomplice. His wife testified to the delivery by defendant to Garrett of the bill for the sugar. This evidence tended to corroborate the testimony of Garrett that the defendant' furnished the material for making the whisky.

The grounds of objection to the reading of the paper in evidence were (1) because the witness shows that she does not know it was the same paper, and (2) because the paper shows that it was a different paper from the one testified to by witness. The witness testified she knew the paper, and that it was the same paper handed by defend *122 ant to iter husband. The evidence was admissible. Its probative force was a question for the jury.

The court properly refused 'charges 1 and 2 requested by the defendant. These were the general affirmative charge as to counts 1 and 2 respectively. There was ample evidence to justify a conviction under each count of the indictment.

There is no error in the record. The judgment of the circuit court is affirmed.

Affirmed.

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