Taylor v. State

Decision Date13 February 1894
Citation100 Ala. 68,14 So. 875
PartiesTAYLOR v. STATE.
CourtAlabama Supreme Court

Appeal from circuit court, Sumter county; S. H. Sprott, Judge.

Matt Taylor was indicted, tried, and convicted under the following indictment: "The grand jury of said county charges that before the finding of this indictment Matt Taylor, whose Christian name is to the grand jury otherwise unknown, sold vinous or spirituous or malt liquors without a license and contrary to law. The grand jury of said county further charges that, before the finding of this indictment, Matt Taylor, whose Christian name is to the grand jury otherwise unknown, at another time sold vinous or spirituous liquor without a license and contrary to law, against the peace and dignity of the state of Alabama." Affirmed.

On the trial of the case the defendant moved to quash the indictment on the following grounds: "That this defendant is indicted under the general revenue laws of the state for a violation of the revenue law thereof, and that said general law does not apply to nor obtain in Sumter county; that the last prohibition law passed for Sumter county (found in Acts 1890-91, p. 312) repealed all laws and parts of laws in conflict therewith, thereby repealing the general revenue law, so far as the same applies to Sumter county; that the special prohibition law of said county left the grand jury no discretion in finding true bills for violations of said law and especially set out the fact that the grand jury shall find indictments in all prima facie cases of violations of said special law, and the only law under which this defendant can be indicted for the offense with which he stands charged would be under the provisions of the special prohibition law of said county; wherefore he moves the honorable court to quash the said indictment." This motion to quash was overruled, and the defendant excepted. Thereupon the defendant demurred to the indictment on the following grounds: "(1) That the indictment alleges that the Christian name of the defendant is Matt Taylor, and at the same time alleges that his Christian name is to the grand jury otherwise unknown, thereby creating a variance. (2) That the allegations of the indictment as to the defendant's name are repugnant. (3) That the second count of the indictment is defective in that it is not definite, and does not allege at what specified time said act was committed, but simply says 'at another time.' (4) That the defendant is...

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  • Spiking v. Consolidated Ry. & Power Co.
    • United States
    • Utah Supreme Court
    • January 25, 1908
    ... ... section 217.) Conceding the ... evidence to be improper, can this court review the alleged ... error in view of the state of the record? The question was ... one propounded immediately after opposing counsel's ... attention was directed to the fact that the question ... The ... authorities are numerous to this effect, and among which we ... refer to the following: Taylor v. State , 100 Ala ... 68, 14 So. 875; Way v. Johnson , 5 S.D. 237, 58 N.W ... 552; Wendt v. R. Co. , 4 S.D. 476, 57 N.W. 226; ... Cleveland ... ...
  • Coker v. State
    • United States
    • Alabama Court of Appeals
    • May 16, 1922
    ... ... the possession of the still was at a time when it was a ... violation of the law. Hornsby v. State, 94 Ala. 55, ... 10 So. 522; Burdine v. State, 25 Ala. 60; Barber ... v. State, 78 Ala. 19; Cunningham v. State, 15 ... Ala. App. 644, 74 So. 747; State v. Coleman (Ala.) 5 ... Port. 32; Taylor v. State, 100 Ala. 68, 14 So ... 875; Rule 45, Supreme Court, 175 Ala. xxi, 61 South. ix; ... Harrison v. State, 13 Ala. App. 354, 69 So. 383 ... Contention ... is made that the trial court committed reversible error in ... refusing to give the general affirmative charge requested ... ...
  • Booth v. State
    • United States
    • Alabama Court of Appeals
    • June 19, 1928
    ... ... There ... was no evidence that the grand jury knew the defendant's ... name to be none other than the one named in the indictment ... Moreover the allegation, "Whose Christian name is ... unknown," is surplusage, and may be ignored. Taylor ... v. State, 100 Ala. 68, 14 So. 875 ... Refused ... charge 6 is a verbatim copy of the statement of the law by ... Brickell, C.J., in Crawford v. State, 112 Ala. 1-31, ... 21 So. 214, citing as authority 1 Addison on Torts ... (Wood's Ed.) 398. This to us is good authority. A ... ...
  • Robinson v. State
    • United States
    • Alabama Court of Appeals
    • May 15, 1913
    ...indicted under an alias dictus alleging his name to be Jim Robinson. Omission of the middle initial "M" was not material. Taylor v. State, 100 Ala. 68, 14 So. 875; Woods v. State, 133 Ala. 162, 31 So. 984. If grand jury returning the indictment had knowledge of facts as to the true name of ......
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