SIDNEY v. STATE

2 Div. 360.

89 So.2d 745 (1956)

Joe SIDNEY, alias "Little Boy" Sidney, v. STATE of Alabama.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

October 4, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thos. F. Seale, Jr., Livingston, for appellant.

John Patterson, Atty. Gen., and Robt. Straub, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


SIMPSON, Justice.

The appellant, Joe Sidney, alias, was tried in the Circuit Court of Sumter County for the offense of murder in the first degree. Upon a plea of not guilty, trial was had and the jury returned a verdict of guilty and fixed punishment at death by electrocution. From that sentence this appeal has proceeded under the automatic appeal statute.

The appellant filed a motion for new trial in the court below and insists on this appeal that it was...

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