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Hart v. StateHart v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals
Feb 10, 1920
4 Div. 580.
Reporters:
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Before:
Samford
SAMFORD, J.

[1] The evidence for tho state ivas sufficient to make the question of ‍‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‍a felonious taking one for the jury, and hence the general charge, as requested by defendant, was properly refused.

[2] There is no principle of law ‍‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‍better settled than that a defendant cannot by his declarations, make evidence for himself, and hence it was not competent for defendant to prove ‍‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‍what defendant told McKensie, his employer, some time in February, regarding the-hog alleged to have been stolen.

[3] The questions propounded to defendant, while he was ‍‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‍testifying as a witness, to which objections -were made by the state and sustained by the court, called for hearsay testimony, and the rulings ‍‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‍were proper.

There is no error in the record, and the judgment is affirmed.

Affirmed.

Case Details

Case Name: Hart v. State
Court Name: Alabama Court of Appeals
Date Published: Feb 10, 1920
Citations: 84 So. 856; 17 Ala. App. 349; 1920 Ala. App. LEXIS 42; 4 Div. 580.
Docket Number: 4 Div. 580.
Court Abbreviation: Ala. Ct. App.
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