Maddox v. State, 6 Div. 18.
Decision Date | 21 March 1944 |
Docket Number | 6 Div. 18. |
Citation | 17 So.2d 283,31 Ala.App. 332 |
Parties | MADDOX v. STATE |
Court | Alabama Court of Appeals |
Wm. N. McQueen, Acting Atty. Gen., and Bernard F. Sykes, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.
The appellant was put to trial upon an indictment which charged him with the offense of assault with intent to murder. Under the Statute (Title 15, Sec. 323) it was the province of the jury to find the defendant guilty of any offense inferior to the crime charged which is necessarily included in the offense charged in the indictment. Hence the jury in this case was authorized and empowered to return the following verdict, which they did. Viz: "We the jury, find the defendant guilty of an assault and battery, as embraced in the charge of the indictment, and for punishment assess against him a fine of $500.00."
It is disclosed, by the undisputed evidence, that the alleged injured party "Nell Maddox" was the wife of the defendant, and had been married to him about four years. They had two small children. Mrs. Maddox was a small woman and weighed about 100 lbs. Her husband, the defendant was six feet tall and weighed about 185 pounds.
The evidence as to the commission of the offense complained of by the defendant, the basis of this prosecution, is without dispute or conflict. It tends to show that the assault committed by him on his wife, the mother of his children, was aggravated in the extreme, and was cruel, unmerciful, and highly dangerous. It was also wholly unprovoked and uncalled for. As to this Mrs. Maddox testified in substance:
The above testimony was fully corroborated by several witnesses. Deputy Sheriff Wilson, who arrested the defendant on that occasion, testified among other things that:
Dr Shepherd, who attended and treated Mrs. Maddox, testified in detail as to her bruised and bleeding condition. His testimony is in line, as to this, with the testimony hereinabove quoted. In addition he stated: "Licks of a strong man hitting a woman on the head with his fists, hard licks, several licks,...
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