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Sadler v. StateSadler v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama
Feb 3, 1910
Reporters:
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Before:
Sayre
SAYRE, J.

— Defendant in the trial court ivas convicted of selling whisky in the ‍‌​​​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‍first half of the month *111of June, 1905. The state was permitted to draiv from a witness for the defendant the fact that about the time of the ‍‌​​​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‍offense sworn to he had shipped whisky in considerable quantity to the defendant from Atlanta., Ga. In onr. judgment this evidence was competent and relevant to the ‍‌​​​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‍issue, as corroborative of what had been sworn by the state’s witnesses, and was in no degree affected by any records the express company may have kept ‍‌​​​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‍of such shipments. Such records would have been incompetent.

Charge 3 was properly refused, for the reason that it assumes that the good character of the defendant had ‍‌​​​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‍been established. That was a question for the jury.

Affirmed.

Anderson, McClellan, and Mayfield, JJ., concur.

Case Details

Case Name: Sadler v. State
Court Name: Supreme Court of Alabama
Date Published: Feb 3, 1910
Citations: 51 So. 564; 165 Ala. 109; 1910 Ala. LEXIS 34
Court Abbreviation: Ala.
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