Hull v. State
Cases that cite this one
12 later published cases cite this decision.
- Boyle v. State (Ala. Crim. App. 2013)
- Pace v. State (Ala. Crim. App. 1994)
- Thompson v. State (Ala. Crim. App. 1988)
- Weaver v. State (Ala. Crim. App. 1981)
- Hunter v. State (Ala. Crim. App. 1976)
- Wesson v. State (Ala. 1948)
- Threatt v. State (Ala. Ct. App. 1946)
- Alabama Great Southern Railway Co. v. McFarlin (Ala. 1911)
- Huckabee v. State (Ala. 1909)
- Canterbury v. State (Miss. 1907)
- Drummer v. State (Fla. 1903)
- Turner v. State (Ala. 1892)
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Opinion of the Court
The indictment charges, that the assault was made with a razor. There was evidence tending to show that the wound was inflicted with a pocket-knife. The court, in the general charge, instructed the jury, in substance, that it was immaterial whether the assault was made with a razor or a pocket-knife; and refused to charge, at the request of defendant, that if the jury had a reasonable doubt as to the assault being made with a razor, they must acquit the defendant. It is sufficient, if the substance of the charge be proved, without regard to the precise instrument used. Though the indictment charges a particular weapon, the averment is substantially proved, if it be shown that some other instrument was employed, which occasions a wound of the same kind as the instrument charged, and the same consequences naturally follow. State v. Fox, 1 Dutcher, 566; State v. Smith, 32 Me. 369; Rogers v. State, 50 Ala. 102; 1 Bish. on Crim. Proc., § 514; 1 Arch. Cr. Pr. & Pl. 787.
The second charge requested by defendant, was properly refused. It predicates the right of defendant to an acquittal on the mere fact of a reasonable apprehension of an assault; and ignores a real or apparent danger to life or limb, and the doctrine of retreat.—Prior v. State, 77 Ala. 56; Henderson v. State, 77 Ala. 77.
Affirmed.
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