Southern Reporter, Volume 90West Publishing Company, 1922 - Law reports, digests, etc Includes the decisions of the Supreme Courts of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi, the Appellate Courts of Alabama and, Sept. 1928/Jan. 1929-Jan./Mar. 1941, the Courts of Appeal of Louisiana. |
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Page 17
... evidence showing that a still was found from this evidence could ever conclude and in a pasture , some considerable distance from so find that from the evidence in this case it . this defendant's house , and that a path led was shown ...
... evidence showing that a still was found from this evidence could ever conclude and in a pasture , some considerable distance from so find that from the evidence in this case it . this defendant's house , and that a path led was shown ...
Page 19
... evidence not allowed , where accused knew of witnesses before trial . A new trial for newly discovered evidence will not be granted where accused could hardly not have known of the witnesses before trial . Appeal from Criminal District ...
... evidence not allowed , where accused knew of witnesses before trial . A new trial for newly discovered evidence will not be granted where accused could hardly not have known of the witnesses before trial . Appeal from Criminal District ...
Page 33
... Evidence of what happened after the diffi- culty between deceased and defendant inad- missible and not part of the res gestæ . In a prosecution for murder , there was no error in excluding evidence that right after the fight witness ...
... Evidence of what happened after the diffi- culty between deceased and defendant inad- missible and not part of the res gestæ . In a prosecution for murder , there was no error in excluding evidence that right after the fight witness ...
Page 37
... evidence adduced upon this trial was entitled to be discharged . While the corpus delicti may have been sufficiently shown , there is no legal evidence in this case to connect the de- fendant with the commission of the offense , and ...
... evidence adduced upon this trial was entitled to be discharged . While the corpus delicti may have been sufficiently shown , there is no legal evidence in this case to connect the de- fendant with the commission of the offense , and ...
Page 38
... evidence that he had been promised immunity for so doing , a re- quested charge that the law implies a promise of immunity if the accomplice fully discloses the guilt of himself and his associate was prop erly refused , where the court ...
... evidence that he had been promised immunity for so doing , a re- quested charge that the law implies a promise of immunity if the accomplice fully discloses the guilt of himself and his associate was prop erly refused , where the court ...
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Page 390 - Every sovereign state is bound to respect the independence of every other sovereign state and the courts of one country will not sit in judgment on the acts of the government of another done within its own territory.
Page 266 - ... that his life was In danger, or that he was In danger of serious bodily Injury, and thus justify his act.
Page 78 - No person shall be excused from attending and testifying or from producing documentary evidence before the commission or in obedience to the subpoena of the commission on the ground or for the reason that the testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of him may tend to criminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture.
Page 110 - ... that the maker, or drawer, has not sufficient funds in, or credit with, such bank or other depositary for the payment of such check, draft or order, in full, upon its presentation, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor...
Page 78 - Act, or of any amendments thereto, on the ground or for the reason that the testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of him may tend to incriminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture...
Page 436 - That no person under the age of eighteen years shall be enlisted or mustered into the military service of the United States without the written consent of his parents or guardians, provided that such minor has such parents or guardians entitled to his custody and control...
Page 16 - By the second section it was enacted "that the officers of such passenger trains shall have power and are hereby required to assign each passenger to the coach or compartment used for the race to which such passenger belongs; any passenger insisting on going into a coach or compartment to which by race he does not belong...
Page 351 - The distinction between an accessory before the fact and a principal, and between principals in the first and second degree, in cases of felony, is abrogated; and all persons concerned in the commission of a felony, whether they directly commit the act constituting the offense, or aid and abet in its commission, though not present, shall hereafter be prosecuted, tried, and punished as principals...
Page 332 - Jordan are the sole heirs of the deceased, and the sole owners of said estate and property, both real and personal, and that all other persons here and after claiming or pretending to claim an Interest in said estate be forever barred.
Page 78 - ... punished or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any act, transaction, matter or thing concerning which he shall...