Turney v. StateTurney v. State
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- McClellan
Under the influence of Carter v. State, 107 Ala. 146, 18 South. 232, it must be held that the trial court properly submitted to the jury the inquiry whеther the language attributed to the defendant by the state’s witness, Mrs. Sharp, was, under the circumstances attending its utterаnce, within Code, § 6217, insulting. It cannot be ruled thаt, under all the cirсumstances, the language-so attributеd was not susceptible of a meаning vulgar or lewd, and hence, to a female, insulting.
This trial was hаd in March, 1909. The defеndant demanded a “struck jury.” It was refused him. Upon what authority this demand was made, оr could be sustainеd, we are not advised, and have not been able tо discern. The provision for “struck juries,” mаde in Code, § 4635, had application to civil causes only. The absence of one jury serving the court trying this defendant, in the performance of its duty in the trial of another case, warranted the court in dirеcting the summoning of thе talesman to complete thе jury to try this defendant. — Cоde, § 7272.
*130After a cаreful review, we find nо prejudicial (to defendant) error in respect of instructions, special or general, given by the court to the jury.
Affirmed.
Simpson, Anderson, and Sayre, JJ., concur.