Brett v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Covington county. IIon. Bobert L. Bullard, Judge. Brett, appellant, was indicted, tried and convicted of murder, sentenced to the penitentiary for life and appealed to the supreme court. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of-the court. [The reporter has been unable to find the briefs of counsel in this case, hence no synopsis of them is given herein.]
1Opinion of the Court
Watkins,* Special Judge.
The appellant was indicted by the grand jury of Covington county for the killing of one Daniel G-. McCann, which occurred in the town of Mt. Olive on the 8th day of July, 1908. lie was convicted of murder, and sentenced to life imprisonment in the state penitentiary. The deceased was engaged in editing and publishing a newspaper at Mt. Olive, and occupied for that purpose a one-story frame building, situated on the south side of the town, facing north. From the roof of the building an awning projected over the sidewalk, which awning extended the entire width of the…
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