Dozier v. State
Decision Date | 22 June 1920 |
Docket Number | 4 Div. 625 |
Citation | 88 So. 54,17 Ala.App. 609 |
Parties | DOZIER v. STATE. |
Court | Alabama Court of Appeals |
Rehearing Denied Nov. 9, 1920
Appeal from Circuit Court, Barbour County; J.S. Williams, Judge.
Henry Dozier was convicted of violating the Prohibition Law, and appeals. Affirmed.
McDowell & McDowell, of Eufaula, for appellant.
J.Q Smith, Atty. Gen., for the State.
In brief, counsel for appellant insists that the trial court committed reversible error, in that, after the jury retired to consider its verdict, within a few minutes thereafter, the court went to the jury room with counsel for the state and defendant, and opened the door to the jury room, and standing just within the door, and in the presence of counsel, and with the defendant sitting just outside the door and in hearing of what was said, gave to the jury the following instructions:
This action of the court is not shown by the bill of exceptions but does appear in the transcript. The action of the court while informal and perhaps tends to create less respect for the dignity of the court, which at all times should be maintained, would not, we think, constitute reversible error, even if properly presented for review, which is not the case here. Grand Bay Land Co. v. Simpson, 202 Ala. 606, 81 So. 548; Sov. Camp W.O.W. v. Wallace, 16 Ala.App. 617, 80 So. 691.
All of the exceptions to the testimony of the witness Mooneyham were reduced by the court to this:
This was not error, but was relevant to show a preparation on the part of somebody...
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