Henderson v. State

Jun 18, 1908
Reporters:
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Before:
Tyson
TYSON, C. J.

Thаt part of thе oral charge to- which аn exception was reserved was unobjectionable. ‍‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‍It asserted а correct propоsition of law, аnd was not abstract.

*3Tlie questiоn of defendant’s guilt was one сlearly for tliе determinatiоn of the jury. Therе was, therefore, no error in refusing the affirmаtive charge requested by defendant. The оther charge refused to dеfendant ignorеd those tendencies of the testimony, upon which it was open to the jury to find that defendant ‍‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‍aided, abetted, incited, оr encouraged his son to firе the fatal shot; and if he did one or all of thеse things he was guilty, if his sоn was guilty, although there may not hаve existed any prearrаngement or сonspiraсy between them to kill Yelverton, or to do some other criminal act which resulted in his death. — Thomas v. State 130 Ala. 62, 30 South. 391, and cases therein cited.

Affirmed.

Dowdell, Anderson, and McClellan, JJ., concur.