Swoope v. State

Nov 15, 1896
Reporters:
Before:
Haralson
HARALSON, J.

1. There was no error in the ruling of the court, in not allowing ‍​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‍the witness, Annie Lou Swoope, to be contradicted by her husband, Wesley Swoope. The communications by the wife to the husband, which defendant proposed to contradict by him, ‍​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‍were shown to have been private, when she and her husband were alone.—Owen v. The State, 78 Ala. 425 ; 1 Green. Ev., § 254.

2. The charge asked by defendant was properly refused. It excluded ‍​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‍the jury by its terms, from finding the defendant guijty of murder in the second degree, or manslaughter in either degree, all of which were included in ‍​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‍the indictment. They were confined by the charge, to a conviction of murder in the first degree or to an acquittal.—Evans v. The State, 109 Ala. 23.

We find no error in ‍​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‍.the record, and the judgment and sentence of the lower court are affirmed.

Affirmed. .